Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... sensationalist stories to sell millions of newspapers. Although Hearst's altruism may be questioned, he and other ...

A Spanish colony since the 15th century, following Christopher Columbus’s conquest of America, Cuba has always aspired to ...

On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and ... became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years' War failed ...