The first years of the Republic of Cuba were active from the political point of view. The foundation of a nation was not an easy thing. The increase in social problems and the various political contradictions were delineating a controversial stage in national history.
In May 1906, the first president of the Republic of Cuba, Don Tomas Estrada Palma, had the great idea of being re-elected. His arrogance caused the rejection of some people and the rebellion of others.
The members of the Liberal Party presented their protests, due to government violations, without any result. Given the impossibility of rectifying, they decided to promote an uprising. Thus began the Guerrita of August 1906, between liberals and conservatives. The confrontation of the liberals, led by José Miguel Gómez, ended in a bloodshed. The result was the resignation of Estrada Palma, so that the government of the United States intervened for the second time on the Island. Thus, on September 29, 1906, the American interveners William Taft and Charles Magoon arrived in the homeland.
On August 19, 1906, General Carlos Guas Pagueras de Ariguanabo, joined the Guerrita de Agosto. He was the municipal doctor and revolted against the presidential re-election of Tomás Estrada Palma. Followed by a large contingent of liberals, he participated in the battle of Wajay, where the troops of General Alejandro Rodríguez, head of the Rural Guard, were defeated. Carlos Guas and his followers, victorious, entered and left San Antonio de los Baños without appreciable hostility.
The first time they entered the Villa, some shots were fired from the Jail towards the Central Park. Judge Zaldívar wanted to resist from the roof of the Ayuntamiento, but was quickly defeated by several neighbors. Thus, in the Village of Ariguanabo, the Guerrita of August 1906 concluded.
