Cuba was a Spanish colony from 1492 up until 1898, when the United States took over the territory in the Spanish–American War. Many Cubans have ancestry from Spain.

3 days ago · History of Latin America - Cuban Revolution, Colonialism, Independence: By most social and economic indicators, Cuba by mid-century was among Latin America’s most highly developed …

World’s societies.1 In Cuba, colonial relations were changing up until what is known as modern coloniali m. The Spanish government could do little in regard to the modernizing transformation of its colonial …

Spain was barely surviving after the Spanish-American War, losing its Latin American colonies, and its Caribbean ones. Other European countries were in better shape but still economically strained as …

The Spanish colonial regime in Cuba was altered at the end of the 18th century and augured great economic growth based on export agriculture and the slave trade, which worked in line with the …

We will show how unique economic conditions, a transformation in the nature of slavery and the economic and political incentives associated with the Spanish special relation together led to the …

olonial legacies of the three island nations of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Instead of focusing on the legacies.

Cuba's distinct cultural ties to Spain, prolonged colonial period, and a revolutionary shift to socialism under Castro explain its unique path contrasting with its neighbors who opted for independent …

2 days ago · Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest.

In 1511, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar set out from Hispaniola to form the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, with orders from Spain to conquer the island. The settlement was at Baracoa, but the new …