Although a movement toward Mexican independence had already been in progress since Napoleon's conquest of ... mulberries and grapevines and to manufacture pottery and leather. His actions irritated ...

Cespedes proclaimed independence ... the rebel leaders and Spanish government signed the Pact of Zanjon which officially ended what became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years ...

Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s ... including maps and information about the Spanish officers. Marti (1853-1895), a Cuban émigré who organized the ...

Pro-independence parties have won a slim majority in the Catalan parliament. The regional election backfired on the Spanish government, but for now Madrid remains firmly in control, under ...

But Mr Rajoy hopes the weight of Spanish law will now serve to divide Catalonia's pro-independence parties - which range from the moderate to the radical - and weaken their resolve.