Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest September 2013 No. 7 Vol. 92
Cuba Overview

Redefining the U.S.-Cuba Relationship

The Cuban Embargo and the Transition to New Leadership

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Cuba Overview

History, Political and Economic Conditions, and U.S. Policy

Cuba did not become an independent nation untilĀ 1902. From its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 until the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba was a Spanish colony. In the nineteenth century, the country became a major sugar producer, with slaves from Africa arriving in increasing numbers to work the sugar plantations. The drive for independence from Spain grew stronger in the second half of the nineteenth century, but it only came about after the United States entered the conflict when the USS Maine sank in Havana Harbor after an explosion of undetermined origin. In the aftermath of the Spanish-American War,…

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