Antonio Maceo and Calixto García began "La Guerra Chiquita" in what is now this country, immediately after the Convention of Zanjón ended another independence movement.
Antonio Maceo and Calixto García began "La Guerra Chiquita" in what is now this country, immediately after the Convention of Zanjón ended another independence movement. That movement was sparked by the Grito de Yara, led by Carlos de Céspedes, and known as the Ten Years War. An earlier attempt at separating this country from Spain was led by filibuster Narciso López. Shortly after the deprivations of Valeriano Weyler in the 1890s, this country found itself under another occupation led by John Brooke and Leonard Wood, who achieved what Máximo Gómez and José Martí could not. For 10 points, name this island country later ruled by Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro.
Antonio Maceo and Calixto García began "La Guerra Chiquita" in what is now this country, immediately after the Convention of Zanjón ended another independence movement.
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