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

Martí saw Tampa as a crucial hub for his movement, and it was here that he laid the groundwork for the Cuban War of Independence, providing instructions that directly helped launch the uprising ...

He financed the Cubans in Tampa in their campaign for Cuba’s independence and later fought in the war for the liberation of Cuba. He was the recipient of many decorations from the Cuban Government.

Attached to the declaration of war against Spain, it promised Cuba independence. Instead, after four years of US military occupation, Cuba was given a kind of semi-sovereignty constrained by the ...

THE history of Cuba's rôle in international affairs since the establishment of the republic in 1902 falls into three well-defined periods. The first extends from 1902 to April 1917, when Cuba entered ...

The exile campaign against Cuba’s Fidel Castro pressed on last week—a war of words ... the anti-Castro underground by May 20, Cuba’s Independence Day. On the 16th, Miami monitors picked ...

1886 - Slavery abolished. 1895-98 - Jose Marti leads a second war of independence; US declares war on Spain. 1898 - Cuba is ceded to the US after US victory in the Spanish-American War.

The cold war will never be the same again. The struggle that began with the U.S. blockade of Cuba is far from over ... fact by throwing a grenade into the independence-day crowds, killing six.

One of the most iconic buildings in Key West, built by Cuban exiles in the 19th century as they fought for independence from ... after the Spanish-American War. The institute holds a special ...

Jamaicans fought in the first Cuban War of Independence. Cuba built several schools in Jamaica, GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport and Jose Marti Technical High School are two of ...