Discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the “Pearl” of the Spanish Empire — not only for its beauty — but for its sugar plantations. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the powerful Spanish empire was in decline and Cuba was in a period of unrest. In …
The O’Reillys, by now fidgety to get going, heard that General Shafter had received his marching orders from his superiors on June 7th and now demanded the immediate loading of the ships. They were leaving for Cuba right away, said the gossip mill, even if only with a force of …
Jose Marti, one of the greatest figures of the Americas Jose Marti was an emotionally-torn patriot fighting for Cuba’s independence. He suffered the excruciating labors of working in the quarries as a child, and later, as a youth, studied law in Madrid and Saragosa, Spain. He never lost sight of …
