<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThe 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.  <response>: Mwanamume 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. 