Every person fought for their liberation. They believed that they should be able to be free. They just all did it different and in different parts of the world. Mart A wanted to free Cuban's. He was a Cuban patriot. He fought for sovereignty and produced conflict, for citizenship. Emilio was a Philippian nationalist. He desired his rights. He supported the Americans in the Spanish-American war. He helped the Americans fight against the Spanish so he could be freed from the Spanish. Villa was a rebel commander and supported Mexico. Except he got chased for a while until the officer quit and left.