Atlas of Hispanic-American History

Cuban traditions, like a flexible work schedule and an unlimited personal sup- ply of cigars. One distinctive custom was la lect ...

In 1898 Eugenio María de Hostos founded the League of Patriots in New York City. Other Puerto Rican patriots in New York City i ...

To counter the loss of land, Nuevo- mexicanos resorted to legal and illegal techniques of their own. Formed in the 1880s, Las Go ...

Mexicans south of the border. The rail- road reached New Mexico in 1879 and Arizona in 1880, bringing new develop- ment and job ...

The United States Looks to Cuba Long before Spain and the United States went to war over Cuba, some Americans had looked with lo ...

all, Martí advised against allowing the United States to join the struggle for Cuban independence. “Once the United States is in ...

Believing that the guerrillas could not survive without the aid of peasants in the countryside, Weyler rounded up civil- ians an ...

EXPLOSION WAS CAUSED BY A BOMB—SUSPICION OF A TORPE- DO,” declared the New York World headline on February 18. The New York Jour ...

the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in the Philippines without loss of a single American life. In June a U.S. force of reg- ular tro ...

The land assault in Cuba forced the Spanish Caribbean fleet to leave the shel- ter of Santiago. U.S. naval forces destroyed the ...

executive council, serving below a Spanish governor whose authority had been great- ly reduced. Muñoz’s tenure proved short- liv ...

reduced mortality without providing a means out of destitution. Under these circumstances, Muñoz began to speak out for independ ...

American leaders were fearful of German efforts to turn Latin American govern- ments against the United States. New proposed leg ...

A TIME OF TRANSITION 127 In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, not only did the United States gain the rights to maintai ...

Platt Amendment right to intervene in Cuba. U.S. forces landed in Cuba in 1906 in response to an uprising by liberals against th ...

greater overseas influence. The year 1898 made the United States a two-ocean power, with territories in the Caribbean Sea and th ...

for the purpose of enhancing U.S. power and has been tied closely to the United States ever since. Panamanians, like other Latin ...

Panama took place in 1989, when the United States sent troops to capture dic- tator Manuel Noriega and force him to stand trial ...

guerrilla campaign led by Augusto César Sandino (1895–1934). The Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic was another focal poi ...

T he first half of the 20th century was a time of tumultuous change for peoples throughout the world. The most cataclysmic event ...