 Tsinhiro pakati peSpain neUnited States dzakawedzera pamusoro pomufambiro weSpain mukati menhamburiko dzayo dzokuparadza chinjo mukoloni yavo yeCuba, noruzhinji rweAmerica rwakatsamwiswa nemishumo yakanyanyonyorwa nhema yeutsinye hweSpain pavanhu veCuba. Muna January 1898, nechinangwa chokuchengetedza fariro dzeAmerica muCuba, ngarava yokurwisa USS Maine yakatumirwa kuchitsuwa chacho. Muna February 1898, Maine yakaputika apo yakanga yakamira pachiteshi chengarava muHavana, ichiuraya inopfuura hafu yavashandi vayo uye ichipisa pfungwa dzeAmerica kurwisana neSpain, neSpanish ichiratidzwa semhosva mumapepanhau eAmerica pasinei nokuti tsime chairo rokuputika. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, hondo yakaziviswa. 