Spain is culturally rich in history and dates to when first the Romans; then, the Visigoths and Moors of North Africa occupied the lands. Spain’s has four religion denominations, which 68 percent is Roman Catholic and two percent being Christian, Muslims, and Jews. The …show more content…
Prior to joining NATO and the U.N., Spain has conducted or participated in decades and even centuries of wars and conflicts. Two wars that are noteworthy in a discussion are the Spanish American war and the Spanish civil war. The Spanish American war was the outcome of Cuba fighting for independence from Spain, which the United States had investments on the island and the sinking of a U.S. ship named USS Maine. After three years of Cuba natives fighting with Spain, both United States and Spain presented wants and demands with little to no outcome with the U.S. wanting Cuba to have its independence and Spain not willing to let go of its government roles. The U.S. gave Spain an ultimatum of either relinquishing the duties of government ties or go to war, which Spain rejected resulting in Spanish American war of 1898 (Office of the Historian,