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GUERRITA DE AGOSTO

Partido Liberal uprising of August 16-September 26, 1906, led initially by Faustino Guerra, protesting the fraudulent election of 1905.  By threatening destruction of American-owned properties it brought about the second United States intervention and the desired overthrow of the government of newly reelected President Estrada Palma.

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Those Men in Havana Are Now Chinese

    * By Jaime Suchlicki NOTE:  Recently the U.S. administration and much of the media are highlighting the Chinese spying facility in

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