On February 15, 1898, the U.S.S. Maine blew up and sank in Havana’s harbor killing 268 officers and sailors. The armored cruiser had come to protect American citizens after Spanish […]
Paz (or Pacto) de Zanjón. Armistice signed February 11, 1878, to end the Ten Year’s War (1868-1878). It won neither Cuban independence nor the abolition of slavery, but it freed
This Day in Cuban History – February 11, 1878. Paz (or Pacto) de Zanjón. Read More »
El 10 de febrero de 1896, el capitán general Valeriano Weyler llegó a La Habana y fue recibido por una entusiasta población pro española. El nuevo gobernador militar se dio
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On February 10, 1896, Captain General Valeriano Weyler arrived in Havana and was welcomed by an enthusiastic pro-Spanish population. The new military governor was quick to realize the severity of
El 3 de febrero de 1934, el artículo 38 de una nueva constitución extendió el sufragio a las mujeres cubanas. Las feministas cubanas habían hecho campaña activamente por el derecho
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Cuban feminists had actively campaigned for the right to vote since the first days of the Republic. By the early 1920s, universal suffrage had become the unifying flagship issue among
Jose Martí, Cuba’s greatest hero and most influential writer. Revolutionary, poet, journalist, and the principal organizer of the Independence War of 1895-1898, he was the apostle of Cuba’s independence. Born
This Day in Cuban History – January 28, 1853. Jose Martí was born. Read More »
Born in Puerto Principe (now Camagüey), January 28, Cardinal Manuel Arteaga studied theology and civil law from 1892 at the University of Caracas, Venezuela. After his 1904 ordination he became
This Day in Cuban History – January 28, 1879. Cardinal Manuel Arteaga was born Read More »
On January 24, 1898, the USS Maine steamed into Havana’s Harbor, under the venerable watch of the Morro Castle and anchored close to the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII and the
El 24 de enero de 1898, el USS Maine entró en el puerto de La Habana, bajo la venerable vigilancia del Castillo de Morro, y anclado cerca del crucero español
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