 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeSpain neAmerica yakanga iri kurwisana kwamavhiki gumi mukati mechirimo nezhizha ra1898. Cuba yakanga yave ichirwira rusunungukokurwisana neSpain kubvira muna 1895, nhamburiko yakatsigirwa zvikuru neUnited States, iyo yakanga ine fariro huru dzezvemari pachitsuwa chacho. Kuti vave nechokwadi chokuchengeteka kwevagari vomuAmerica nezvinhu zvavo muCuba, United States yakatumira ngarava yehondo kuHavana mukupera kwaJanuary 1898. Maine yakaputika ndokuparadzwa nokurasikirwa kukuru noupenyu pana February 15, uye Spain neU.S. vakazivisa hondo mumwe nomumwe pana April 25. 