[wardaddy]

But was Batista actually a mulatto?

[Pelham]

if we can believe wiki:

“Batista was born in the town of Veguita, located in the municipality of Banes, Cuba, province of Holguín, in 1901, to Belisario Batista Palermo and Carmela Zaldívar González, who had fought in the Cuban War of Independence. He was of Spanish, African and Chinese descent.”