In November 1877, Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma was captured and imprisoned by the Spaniards.

[Many believe this to be factor that ended the Ten Year War unfavorably for the rebels.]

On June 7,[year missing] he left for Venezuela on the steamship Guadalquivir.

He settled in Rio Chico, where he founded a cooperative with his family and continued to support the new revolutionary outburst.

On March 4, 1888, Vicente García y González died as a result of an assassination by the Spanish.