La Guerra Chiquita
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La Guerra Chiquita, or "The Little War," was a brief uprising in Cuba against Spanish rule that began in August 1879 and was suppressed by autumn 1880. It followed the unsuccessful Ten Years' War (1868â78) and was engineered by Calixto GarcĂa. Despite promises of reform in the Pact of ZanjĂłn, Spain failed to implement most of them, leading to this renewed conflict. The war was ultimately quelled by superior Spanish forces, highlighting the ongoing struggle for Cuban independence.12
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Cuban Independence MovementA second uprising, La Guerra Chiquita (âThe Little Warâ), engineered by Calixto GarcĂa, began in August 1879 but was quelled by superior Spanish forces in autumn 1880. Spain gave Cuba representation in the Cortes (parliament) and abolished slavery in 1886. Other promised reforms, however, never materialized.
Read MoreA second uprising, La Guerra Chiquita (âThe Little Warâ), engineered by Calixto GarcĂa, began in August 1879 but was quelled by superior Spanish forces in autumn 1880. Spain gave Cuba representation in the Cortes (parliament) and abolished slavery in 1886. Other promised reforms, however, never materialized.
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CubaFilibustering and the struggle for independenceâŠstarted a second uprising, called La Guerra Chiquita (âThe Little Warâ), which Spanish forces put down the following year.
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