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The Battle of San Juan Hill The Americans declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898 after the USS Maine exploded in the Havana Harbor. This declaration began the Spanish American War in which led to the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba on July 1, 1898. The United States headed to Cuba with … Read more
Haiti Revolts While Cuba Complies: How Revolutionary Movements Differ in Haiti and Cuba Often the term “revolution” makes one think of the Revolutionary War in the American colonies. However, a revolution implies grand economic, political, and/or social change and the colonies’ standing in all three of these spheres remained relatively the same after the war … Read more
Ana Belen Montes was born in 1957 on a United States military base in West Germany. Her parents both had strong Puerto Rican roots, however, English was their first language at home. After leaving the military base, Montes along with her three siblings and parents, settled for a short time in Topeka, Kansas before moving … Read more
