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Cuba's first fight for independence against Spain begins and ends known as the Ten Years War or the Great War

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Cuba's second fight for independence lead by Jose Marti

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A poem written by Jose Marti about his message of oppression and the Cuban revolution

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My soul tremulous and forlorn
At nightfall will grow lonely:
There's a show, let us go see
The Spanish dancer perform.
It is well they've taken down
The flag that stood at the door;
For I had vowed that no more
Would I go where it was flown.
The Spanish dancer enters then,
Looking so proud and so pale:
"From Galicia does she hail?"
No, they are wrong: she's from heaven.
She wears the matador's tricorne
And also his crimson cape:
A gilliflower to drape
And with a great hat adorn!
On passing her eyebrows show,
Eyebrows of a traitorous Moor:
And the Moor's proud look she wore:
And her ear was white as snow.
The lights are dimmed, the music flares,
In shawl and gown makes her entrance
The Holy Virgin's own semblance
Dancing to Andalucian airs.
Her head raised in challenge, she
The cape o'er her shoulders spreads:
With her arched arms framing her head,
She taps her foot ardently.
Her studied taps tear the batten
As if each heel were a blade
And the stage had been inlaid
With the broken hearts of men.
The festive feeling is burning
In the fire of her eyes,
The red-speckled shawl now flies
In the air as she is turning.
With a sudden leap, she glides down,
Whirls round, falls back, and then darts:
Wide her cashmere shawl she parts
To offer us her white gown.
All her body yields and sways;
Her open mouth is enticing;
A rose is her mouth: while dancing
She's tapping her heels always.
Then turns she feebly to wind
The long and red-speckled shawl:
And shutting her eyes to all,
In a sigh leaves all behindâ€¦
The Spanish dancer has done well;
Red and white was her long shawl;
The tremulous, lonely soul
Withdraws again to its cell!
EL ALMA TRÃ‰MULA Y SOLA... (Verso X)
(La bailarina espaÃ±ola)
El alma trÃ©mula y sola
Padece al anochecer:
Hay baile; vamos a ver
La bailarina espaÃ±ola.
Han hecho bien en quitar
El banderÃ³n de la acera;
Porque si estÃ¡ la bandera,
No sÃ©, yo no puedo entrar.
Ya llega la bailarina:
Soberbia y pÃ¡lida llega:
Â¿CÃ³mo dicen que es gallega?
Pues dicen mal: es divina.
Lleva un sombrero torero
Y una capa carmesÃ:
Â¡Lo mismo que un alelÃ
Que se pusiÃ©se un sombrero!
Se ve, de paso, la ceja,
Ceja de mora traidora:
Y la mirada, de mora:
Y como nieve la oreja.
Preludian, bajan la luz
Y sale en bata y mantÃ³n,
La virgen de la AsunciÃ³n
Bailando un baile andaluz.
Alza, retando, la frente;
CrÃºzase al hombro la manta:
En arco el brazo levanta:
Mueve despacio el pie ardiente.
Repica con los tacones
El tablado zalamera,
Como si la tabla fuera
Tablado de corazones.
Y va el convite creciendo
En las llamas de los ojos,
Y el manto de flecos rojos
Se va en el aire meciendo.
SÃºbito de un salto arranca:
HÃºrtase, se quiebra, gira:
Abre en dos la cachemira,
Ofrece la bata blanca.
El cuerpo cede y ondea;
La boca abierta provoca;
Es una rosa la boca:
Lentamente taconea.
Recoge, de un dÃ©bil giro,
El manto de flecos rojos:
Se va, cerrando los ojos,
Se va, como en un suspiro...
Baila muy bien la espaÃ±ola;
Es blanco y rojo el mantÃ³n:
Â¡Vuelve, fosca a su rincÃ³n
El alma trÃ©mula y sola!

Last updated November 03, 2022

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the spanish dancer (verse x) by jose marti

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My soul tremulous and forlorn At nightfall will grow lonely: There's a show, let us go see The Spanish dancer perform. It is well they've taken down The flag that stood at the door; For I had vowed that no more Would I go where it was flown.

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In 1896 Spain sends an army to Cuba rounding up 300,000 people in concentration camps and gaining sympathy from the US

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On February 15, 1898 the USS Maine exploded and sank killing hundreds. Spain was blamed and Americans wanted war

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In 1898 Cuba rises up against Spain, and America joins them, starting the Spanish-American War.
https://theendofhistory.net/why-is-latin-america-so-dysfunctional-part-two-american-imperialism/

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Cuba winning independence but under the quasi imperial rule. US took over Guatemala Bay, they can dictate Cuba's foreign policy, and give themselves the right to interfere with Cuban affairs. (From YouTube video)

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Frist hand account of US Troops in Cuba. This picture describes the first days of American imperialism and takeover in Cuba after the Spanish-American War.

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The united states occupied Cuba from 1898 to 1902 they imperialized the country through political coercion, cultural domination, and economic.

https://www.eiu.edu/historia/pollock%202003.pdf

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American interventions during this time. US military takes over for a period of time, mostly to resolve some political conflicts, but that usually means to protect Americas interests. Such as sugar imports.(YouTube video)

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Is when the imperial era technically ended in Cuba. President Franklin Roosevelt wanted the American Imperial Era to end, so he declared neutrality. (from YouTube video)