9 fev 1898 ano - de Lôme Letter

Descrição:

The de Lôme Letter was a private correspondence written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, that was intercepted and published by American newspapers in 1898. The letter criticized President William McKinley as weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd, which inflamed American public opinion and increased tensions between the United States and Spain, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War.