U.S. Military Government in Cuba

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interim government military occupation administration

The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
United States military government in Cuba	3
American military government in Cuba	1
U.S. Military Government in Cuba canonical	1
U.S. military government in Cuba	1
U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1898–1902)	1
U.S. military occupation of Cuba (1899–1902)	1
U.S. occupation of Santiago de Cuba	1
United States occupation of Cuba	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358104 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Military Government in Cuba
Context triple: [Cuban War of Independence, followedBy, U.S. Military Government in Cuba]

A. Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
B. United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea was the American military administration that governed southern Korea from 1945 to 1948, overseeing the transition from Japanese colonial rule to the establishment of the Republic of Korea.
C. USSR–Cuba military alliance
The USSR–Cuba military alliance was a Cold War partnership in which the Soviet Union provided military support and protection to communist Cuba, positioning the island as a strategic outpost near the United States.
D. Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
E. Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Military Government in Cuba
Target entity description: The U.S. Military Government in Cuba was the temporary American occupation administration that governed Cuba after Spain’s defeat in the Spanish–American War, overseeing the island’s transition toward nominal independence.

A. Brigade 2506
Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.
B. United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea was the American military administration that governed southern Korea from 1945 to 1948, overseeing the transition from Japanese colonial rule to the establishment of the Republic of Korea.
C. USSR–Cuba military alliance
The USSR–Cuba military alliance was a Cold War partnership in which the Soviet Union provided military support and protection to communist Cuba, positioning the island as a strategic outpost near the United States.
D. Roosevelt’s Tree Army
Roosevelt’s Tree Army was the popular nickname for the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a work-relief program that employed young men in large-scale conservation and public lands projects across the United States during the Great Depression.
E. Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was a 1953–1959 armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the U.S.-backed Batista regime and established a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, dramatically reshaping Cold War geopolitics in the Western Hemisphere.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	interim government ⓘ military occupation administration ⓘ
aimedAt	preparing Cuba for nominal independence ⓘ
appliesToEvent	Spanish–American War ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	post–Spanish–American War transition ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialExtent	entire island of Cuba except Guantánamo Bay after its lease ⓘ
capital	Havana ⓘ linked to: Havana, Cuba
commanderInChief	President Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: Theodore Roosevelt President William McKinley ⓘ linked to: William McKinley
countryGoverned	Cuba ⓘ
currency	Cuban peso ⓘ United States dollar ⓘ linked to: US dollar
dateOfTransferOfPower	1902-05-20 ⓘ
endTime	1902-05-20 ⓘ
followedBy	Republic of Cuba ⓘ linked to: Cuba
follows	Spanish colonial administration in Cuba ⓘ
governedFrom	Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, Havana ⓘ linked to: Palacio de los Capitanes Generales
grantedIndependenceTo	Republic of Cuba ⓘ linked to: Cuba
hasPolicy	creation of Cuban national police force ⓘ fiscal and customs reforms ⓘ infrastructure development and road building ⓘ public health reform in Cuba ⓘ reform of Cuban judicial system ⓘ reform of Cuban tax system ⓘ reorganization of Cuban education system ⓘ reorganization of municipal and provincial governments ⓘ sanitation and yellow fever control measures ⓘ
headOfGovernment	John R. Brooke ⓘ Leonard Wood ⓘ
imposedCondition	acceptance of Platt Amendment by Cuba ⓘ
legalBasis	Joint Resolution of Congress for the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba (1898) ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
natureOfControl	de facto sovereignty by the United States over Cuba ⓘ
occupyingPower	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	United States occupation of Cuba ⓘ linked to: U.S. Military Government in Cuba
relatedTo	U.S. Military Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico ⓘ linked to: Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War
significantEvent	incorporation of the Platt Amendment into Cuban Constitution ⓘ organization of Cuban constitutional convention (1900) ⓘ promulgation of the Cuban Constitution of 1901 ⓘ supervision of elections for Cuban constitutional assembly ⓘ
startTime	1898-07-18 ⓘ
statusOfCuba	not formally annexed by the United States ⓘ protectorate-like relationship after independence via Platt Amendment ⓘ

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