Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903-1977). President of Cuba, 1948-1952. Born in Bahía Honda on July 14, he became involved in politics at an early age, becoming active in the Directorio Estudiantil Universitario while […]
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At dawn on July 13, 1895, at the plains of Peralejo, 10 miles from the historic city of Bayamo, General Antonio Maceo deployed his forces to do battle with Spain’s
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Juan Gualberto Gómez (1854-1933). Journalist and public figure. Born in Matanzas, July 12, he became, at an early age, active in the campaign for Cuban independence. He went to Paris and
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Tomás Estrada Palma (1835-1908), the first president of an independent Cuba, 1902-1906. Born near Bayamo, July 9, he attended schools in Havana and the University of Seville, from where family matters
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The Naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba. With the possibility of being captured in the harbor if Santiago fell to the U.S., the Captain General of Cuba, Ramon Blanco, ordered
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After “Las Guásimas,” the American and Cuban forces advanced toward Santiago’s outer defenses and prepared for an attack. On July 1, American General William Shafter decided on a two-prong assault,
This Day in Cuban History – July 1, 1898. The Land Assault (El Caney y San Juan Hill). Read More »
Following Cuban confiscation of American petroleum refineries for refusing to process Soviet crude, the United Sates forbade all exports to Cuba with a temporary exception of certain foods and medicine
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Platt Amendment Repeal. A United States-Cuba Treaty of May 22, 1934, signed on May 29, abrogated the Platt Amendment except that acts effected during the United States intervention remained valid
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On March 13, 1957, in one of the boldest actions of the anti-Batista rebellion, a group of forty men stormed the presidential palace in the center of Havana and almost
Helms-Burton Act – U.S. legislation introduced in 1995 by U.S. Senator Jesse Helms and Representative Dan Burton to decrease Cuba’s access to world trade, greatly augmenting the restrictions imposed by
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