<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwanamume huyo, Joaquín Varela de Rey, alikuwa mshindi wa kwanza wa vita vya Marekani na alikuwa mshindi wa kwanza wa vita vya Marekani wakati wa vita vya mwaka wa 1898.  <response>: The local hero, called Joaqu?n Vara de Rey, was a Spanish general who died defending the colony of Cuba against the Americans in the war of 1898. 