Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish American War which came to an end in December of 1898. Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish ...

A Spanish colony since the 15th century, following Christopher Columbus’s conquest of America, Cuba has always aspired to gain independence and take control of its destiny. In the early 19th century, ...

Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... of the revolution and remains a hero to the Cuban people. Spain responded to the Cuban insurgency by sending 100,000 ...

Cuba had suffered what simply could be called bad government. A bloody and costly struggle to achieve independence from Spain had devastated Cuba's economy. The insurgent leaders, known as the ...

But the country hit a wall when it attempted to take Cuba from Spain in 1854 ... In tones reminiscent of the Declaration of Independence, their manifesto proclaimed: “In the progress of human ...