Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... sensationalist stories to sell millions of newspapers. Although Hearst's altruism may be questioned, he and other ...

By 1898, after three years of relentless fighting, Spain was on the brink of surrender, and the Cuban revolutionaries were ...

Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish American War which came to an end in December of 1898. Cuba obtained ... by conservative newspaper “ABC” on December ...

Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and ... became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years' War failed ...

New Year’s Day 1898 found the Cuban War of Independence from Spain entering its third year. News reports of brutal Spanish tactics had garnered American public sympathy for the Cuban ...