What was the Protest of Baragua?
What is and what will always be the protest of Baragua? The Cubans had fought heroically for nearly 10 years. It can be said that nowhere on this continent had a nation fought so heroically over that many years and under so difficult conditions for its independence. When the British colonies of North America, which today are the United States, achieved independence, they were given aid by other nations. Even armies from other nations gave then aid in that large territory. When the Central American and South American nations fought for their independence at the beginning of the last century, they all fought together, beginning their war at a time when the Spanish mainland was occupied by the French Army. They were able to establish states and independent countries while the war was going on. They organized armies and received foreign aid. The conditions under which our people fought in 1868 were quite different. It was a small island without foreign aid, without supplies, except perhaps
