¿Razones por la que estados unidos tenía interes por cuba?

There was a notion that Americans should help others who were attempting to become self-sufficient. We should encourage those in similar situations because the United States was founded by rebelling against a European colonial authority.

Spanish:

Existía la noción de que los estadounidenses deberían ayudar a otros que intentaban volverse autosuficientes. Debemos alentar a quienes se encuentran en situaciones similares porque Estados Unidos se fundó rebelándose contra una autoridad colonial europea.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

explanation:

civil disobedience, refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition