The hope for change in Cuba is…

The hope for change in Cuba is short-lived.

The Spanish government, which had come to power as the Reform Commission began deliberations several months earlier, had decided to let the commission meet, but had no intention of implementing its recommendations.

In early 1867, the government not only disbands the Information Board and dismisses all of its recommendations, but also imposes new and irritating taxes.

Furthermore, Spain sends to Cuba Francisco Lersundi (captain-general, 1867-69), a reactionary captain-general who prohibits public meetings and tightly censures reformist literature.