Theodore Roosevelt: A Cuban Political Activist

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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the united states 1901-1909 became a hero of the Spanish American war. America had become interested in the Cuba liberation in the 1890 as publication portrayed the evil of Spanish rule. Tomas Estrada Palma he was a Cuban political figure. He served as the first president of Cuba between 1902 and 1906. Estrada Palma was captured by Spanish troops and sent into exile. He traveled to NY he worked with Jose Marti. Charles Edward imagines he was an American lawyer, judge, diplomat and administrator who is best remembered as a governor of the Panama canal zone, minister to Panama and an occupation governor in Cuba 1906-1909. Frank Steinhart he was the general manager of the Havana electric railway company.

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