Complex sentence: Batista canceled the planned presidential elections, and described his new system as "disciplined democracy"; although he gained some popular support, many Cubans saw it as the establishment of a one-man dictatorship.
Split into simpler sentences: Batista canceled the planned presidential elections, and described his new system as "disciplined democracy". Although Batsita gained some popular support, many Cubans saw it as the establishment of a one-man dictatorship.