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

By 1877, tensions among rebel leaders weakened the Cuban independence ... and Spanish government signed the Pact of Zanjon which officially ended what became known as the Ten Years' War.

Before the Spanish-American War began, drawings depicting Spain as evil, Cuba as innocent, and President McKinley as a coward, helped rally sympathy for the Cuban people and fuel a pro-war feeling ...

Amnesty International said: Guantánamo Bay has been the site of torture, indefinite detention without charge or trial and ...

During the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898), the U.S ... USS Maine in Havana Harbor led to U.S. intervention in the Spanish-American War. This action resulted in the defeat of Spain and ...

The flame of admiration and respect for the Apostle of our independence, who is also the Apostle of our profound ...