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Yucatan Times on December 29, 2020
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2nd part
Due to its geographical situation, the exchange between Cuba and the Yucatan has been constant since pre-Hispanic times until our days. It can be said that there were three moments in which a series of migrations from the island to the Peninsula left a deep mark and influence on our state, mainly from political exiles at the time when Cubans tried to become independent from Spain.
FIRST CUBAN EMIGRATION TO YUCATAN
With what is known as “the Grito de Yara” by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on October 10, 1868, which began with the “10-year War” of the Cuban people for their independence, the Spanish government began systematic persecution against those who considered that supported or sympathized with the movement—with that, committing all kinds of outrages, sowing terror, killing and imprisoning without mercy for the slightest suspicion, highlighting in this dire task the so-called Spanish volunteers.