You might be talking about the speech made by the Egyptian
President Gamal Nasser regarding the nationalization of the Suez Canal, a
waterway in Egypt financed by the British and the French. The waterway is a very
important sea route for the Brits and the French, and Nasser want more Egyptian
control. Nasser proceeded with the nationalization and sparked the Suez crisis.
Answer:
The Spanish-American War, 1898. The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power.
Explanation:
Fidel Castro, but they were unsuccessful.
