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Part II. Platt Amendment: In 1898, the United States went to war with Spain, and descended upon Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands. The United States took control for economic interests, not for the natives interests. The Platt Amendment was then presented, which this gives the U.S. Marines to intervene in Cuba whenever the U.S. government thought that it was necessary. Manuel Noriega: He was a Panamanian general that concerted the strong-armed rule inherited from General Omar Torrijos Herrera, and became the de facto leader of Panama. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was informed that Noriega was involved in drug trafficking, the sale of U.S. secrets to Cuba, and other illegal activities. U.S. officials got in contact with Noriega and tried to convince him to step down, but he refused to do so. Shortly after this conversation ended a U.S. marine was murdered on the streets of Panama City, which then made President Bush bring in troops to Panama. They captured Noriega and took him to the U.S, so he could stand on trial for the crimes he committed. He was convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering. Jose Marti: Marti was considered to be the most famous Cuban nationalist. He was a revolutionary poet-lawyer. Cuba’s famous patriot hero, called “The Apostle” of Cuban independence, began fighting Spanish colonialism at a young age. He was an editor for a magazine in Mexico and taught literature and philosophy at the University of Guatemala.
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