By the end of 1958 wholesale army desertion, growing popular unrest and violence and U.S. increasing opposition had made Fulgencio

Spain sided with France against the United Kingdom in the Seven Year’s War.  Britain declared war on Spain on January

Federación Estudiantil Universitaria (F.E.U.), Cuba’s first organized Students’ Federation, created in late 1922 with Julio Mella as secretary and popular

Rubén Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (1901-1973).  President of Cuba, 1940-44 and Dictator, 1952-1958.  Born in Banes, Oriente province, January 16,

On January 18, 1934, Colonel Carlos Mendieta, a distinguished veteran of the War of Independence (1895-1898) became Cuba’s provisional president. 

On January 22, 1896, Antonio Maceo, at the head of the Cuban forces fighting for independence, reached Mantua, Pinar del

On January 24, 1898, the USS Maine steamed into Havana’s Harbor, under the venerable watch of the Morro Castle and

Born in Puerto Principe (now Camagüey), January 28, Cardinal Manuel Arteaga studied theology and civil law from 1892 at the

Jose Martí, Cuba’s greatest hero and most influential writer.  Revolutionary, poet, journalist, and the principal organizer of the Independence War

Cuban feminists had actively campaigned for the right to vote since the first days of the Republic. By the early

On February 10, 1896, Captain General Valeriano Weyler arrived in Havana and was welcomed by an enthusiastic pro-Spanish population.  The

Paz (or Pacto) de Zanjón.  Armistice signed February 11, 1878, to end the Ten Year’s War (1868-1878).  It won neither

On February 15, 1898, the U.S.S. Maine blew up and sank in Havana’s harbor killing 268 officers and sailors.  The

At dawn on February 17, 1957, Herbert Matthews, The New York Timesjournalist, met with Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra.  The

On February 24, 1895, Cubans restarted, with the Grito de Baire, the war for independence against Spain that began in

Hermanos al Rescate (Brothers to the Rescue), organized by Jose Basulto in 1991, with financial support from individual donors and

By February 26, 1898, the biggest circulation duel between the New York powerful newspaper publishers, Joseph Pulitzer (The World) and

On March 8, 1896, General Valeriano Weyler, Cuba’s Spanish Governor, issued a military report announcing that the island’s Western provinces

March 10, 1952  Convinced that he could not win the elections scheduled for June 1952, Fulgencio Batista overthrew President Carlos