Vicente García González


Vicente García González was a General in the Cuban Ten Years' War and later a Cuban President who was assassinated by the Spanish after the war. García was born on January 23, 1833 in Las Tunas, and died on May 4, 1886.

Biography

Early years

Career

In November 1877 President Estrada Palma is captured and imprisoned by the Spaniards. Maximo Gomez is offered the presidency, but he refuses. General Vicente García is named president of the Republic of Cuba.

Final years

On June 7, he left for Venezuela on the steamship “Guadalquivir”. He settled in Rio Chico, where he founded a cooperative with his family. He continued to support the new revolutionary outburst, and the Spanish assassinated him. On March 4, 1888, the Cuban General and President died.