There is talk of noises, of wails, of dragged chains heard at night, as if the former slaves had resurrected and returned to take revenge for their suffering and torment.

When he arrived in Hollywood he told Lilliam Gish of his intention to play Joaquín in “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

The most significant wave occurred during the Haitian revolution. They produced coffee, sugar cane and even tried planting cacao.

Far from the hustle and bustle of the city and in a healthier natural space, they represented the purchasing power of the owners, related to the production of tobacco and sugar.

At the end of 1899, work began to build a modern sugar mill and clear land for crop fields, the origin of the factory. In 1912 it had its first harvest.

Although I knew that I would not find the exact place where Antonio Pérez Monzón was born, I was excited to walk through old streets and look at those mountains that perhaps he traveled.

The Cuban market for bottled mineral water has grown since the beginning of the 20th century.

In the bay, the remains of the fleet commanded by Admiral Pascual Cervera still show the fierceness of the recently ended war. From El Morro the sentinels see the battleships and other vessels arriving from the United States, with military and civilians on board. Among the passengers, a mature woman with a stern face comes down to the dock. It can be seen that she is used to giving orders. It is Katherine Tingley. She comes with two missions: to help in the organization of the health service and to expand the teaching institutions that she directs, based on a millenary practice, originally from India. Katherine Tingley, El Fígaro. It is said that Mackinley, the U.S. president, facilitated her trip. He has led an intense life, unusual for women of that time. Born in Newbury, Massachusetts, on July 6, 1847, she worked as a nurse in 1861 during the Civil War and her interest in the arts motivated her to join a traveling theater group in Europe. When she headed the Ladies Society of Mercy in the late 1880s in New York, she became involved with the Manhattan Masonic group. There she met the Irishman William Quan Judge, a mystical...

Queen Elizabeth II gave the go-ahead to the project in early 1860.

At the beginning of the 20th century, U.S. families transformed, with effort and iron will, lonely places, turning them into productive regions.