Bits of Cuban History

HISTORICAL – Limitations on arbitrary power were effectively removed by Spain’s 1825 law placing colonial Cuba under a permanent State of Siege. Constitutional guarantees of individual rights were introduced after […]

War between the United States and Spain, April 24-August 12, 1898. The Cuban independence struggle became an international issue in 1898 when the United States, angered by Spanish excesses and

Colonial Period – Prior to the British occupation of Cuba, 1762-1763, the principles of mercantilism ensured that Cuba’s legitimate foreign trade was exclusively with Spain, but this was supplemented from as

While Cuba’s 19th century development was initially financed by British investment, American investment had become the chief source well before the end of the century. As early as 1896 it had reached

Portuguese slavers brought Angolans to Cuba where they were known as Bantus or Congolese. In the mid-1960s, Angola became a focus of Soviet and Cuban attention as three different guerrilla

A term originally applied vaguely to the entire North American mainland adjacent to Cuba, its application was gradually circumscribed by the curtailment of Spanish territorial pretensions in face of French

Strong in Spain in the 1870s, anarchism reached Cuba through immigration and literature in the 1880s, and its successful appeal to Cuban workers threatened the non-political trade union movement organized

The usual term to denote any Afro-Cuban religion and all other practices similarly dismissed as superstitions. The word is also used by followers of the cults themselves to denote black

Under the Spanish colonial administration, prostitution was widespread and regulated. In 1885 there were two hundred registered brothels in Havana. The majority were located in the waterfront and industrial areas

A common practice among a vast portion of the population reflecting the traditionally weak popular confidence in economic ventures.  Cockfighting as a betting sport has a long tradition in Hispanic