While pundits ponder Cuba’s future, we’re reviewing the island nation’s past. We turn to the Cuban republic and the rise of Fidel Castro. Revolt, Regroup, Repeat In 1868, a planter from eastern Cuba, Carlos Manuel de CÃ?©spedes, started the first large-scale fight for Cuban independence, later known as the Ten Years’ War. Spain responded by … Continue reading Cuba Before Fidel Castro, Part 2