In a shocking display of authoritarian zeal, Chief of Police Honorato Blanco has unleashed a wave of persecution against American newspaper correspondents in Havana, Cuba. On March 5, 1898, Blanco’s tirade against the press took a deadly serious turn when he arrested Honorato Laino, a correspondent for a New York newspaper, and charged him with being a representative of the foreign press and claiming that the Maine, a U.S. battleship, was blown up by a mine or a torpedo. Blanco’s actions are a stark reminder of the Spanish government’s desperation to cling to power in the face of growing popular unrest.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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