Images of Güines during the “Reconcentration”
By Anonymous U.S. Journalists
Pictures taken by U.S. journalists in the area of Güines during March
1899, showing the havoc caused in Cuba by the so called “Reconcentration”
ordered by the bloody Spanish General Valeriano Weyler (1838-1930) who
was Cuba’s Captain General and Governor in 1896.
(Pictures from the
archives of Juvenal Valdés García, R.I.P., Güines)
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| Photographed at Güines,
March 7, 1899. A RESULT OF OUR BLOCKADE |
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| RECONCENTRADO HOUSES ON
FIRE (thirteen homes of these unfortunates were burned in
Güines). |
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| THE THIRTEENTH HOUSE
BURNING. (The fire ended here because there was nothing left
to burn) |
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| Photographed at Güines,
March 10, 1899. THIS IS HOW THEY LIVE (Reconcentrados digging
for roots in an abandoned field) |
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| Photographed at Güines,
March 10, 1899. SICK AND HUNGRY IN THE DESERTED FIELDS |
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| THE PLEASANT FIELDS
OF GÜINES (The District of Güines is the market
garden of Havana) |
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Translated by the staff of Círculo
Güinero de Los Ángeles
Continue to: Arrival
in Güines of Colonel Clemente Fernández (aka. Pitirre) and Brigadier Adolfo Castillo
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