Portal:Cuba

Welcome to the Cuba Portal Location of Cuba in the Caribbean Republic of Cuba República de Cuba (Spanish) Flag Coat of arms Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital. Cuba is the third-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with about 11 million inhabitants. It is the largest country in the Caribbean by area. Cuba is a socialist state, in which the role of the Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Cuba has an authoritarian Government where political opposition is not permitted. Censorship is extensive and independent journalism is repressed; Reporters Without Borders has characterized Cuba as one of the worst countries for press freedom. Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America. It is a multiethnic country whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the Taíno Ciboney peoples, the long period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of enslaved Africans and a close relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (Full article...) Selected article - In 1978 negotiations known as El Diálogo (The Dialogue) occurred between Cuban exile groups and the Cuban government that resulted in the release of political prisoners. The dialogue came after increasing calls for better diplomatic relations to Cuba from young Cuban American groups, and US President Jimmy Carter's new human rights oriented foreign policy. The negotiations originated with Jimmy Carter meeting in secret with Cuban officials in New York and Havana. After the talks resulted in prisoner release, Carter refused to publicly acknowledge his involvement, and the Cuban government decided to publicly invite Cuban exiles to negotiate with them for a prisoner release. The Comite de los 75 (Committee of 75) formed as the 75 Cuban exiles who would be allowed to negotiate with Cuba. The dialogue and eventual prisoner release came with a new friendlier attitude from Fidel Castro in addressing Cuban exiles. While previously he referred to them with the epithet "gusano", he now referred to them as the "Cuban community abroad". The dialogue also spurred intense internal debate among Cuban exiles about the ethics and usefulness of the dialogue, and it resulted in violent attacks against dialogueros. (Full article...) List of selected articles Havana Cuban Revolution Taíno Cuba–United States relations Ten Years' War Cuban intervention in Angola Bay of Pigs Invasion Music of Cuba Santiago de Cuba Bay of Pigs Oriente Province Agriculture in Cuba Cuban espresso Cuban Missile Crisis Camagüey Guantánamo Bay Holguín Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Santa Clara, Cuba Tourism in Cuba Matanzas Hotel Ambos Mundos (Havana) Son cubano Cuba national baseball team History Will Absolve Me Havana Central railway station Candler College and Colegio Buenavista Brothers to the Rescue Cuba–Russia relations Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" Night of the Three Ps Dialoguero Revolutionary Offensive Grey years Cuban success story Sans Souci Cabaret Palacio de Aldama Havana Tunnel Havana Plan Piloto Guerrillero Heroico Guantanamo Bay detention camp Cuban sandwich Desmarest's hutia Cuban crocodile Che Guevara in popular culture Troika of tyranny Regalo del Alma Virginius Affair Mojito Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame Havaner lebn Disability in Cuba Cuban cigar General images The following are images from various Cuba-related articles on Wikipedia. States proposed in the Spanish Draft Federal Constitution of 1873, among which Cuba was included. (from History of Cuba) Depiction of an engagement between Cuban rebels and Spanish Royalists during the Ten Years' War (1868–78) (from History of Cuba) Soldiers of FAR (from History of Cuba) A 1736 colonial map by Herman Moll of the West Indies and Mexico, together comprising "New Spain", with Cuba visible in the center. (from History of Cuba) The fortress of El Morro in Havana, built in 1589 (from History of Cuba) Three generations of women (from Culture of Cuba) Taíno women preparing cassava bread (from History of Cuba) A watercolor painting of Havana Bay, c. 1639 (from History of Cuba) The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762, a 1775 painting by Dominic Serres (from History of Cuba) The city walls of Havana, 1848 (from History of Cuba) Tobacco fields in Cuba, 1859 (from History of Cuba) Cuban victims of Spanish reconcentration policies (from History of Cuba) 19th century view of Havana (from History of Cuba) Russian T-34 tank at Museo Giron, Cuba (from History of Cuba) Camilo Cienfuegos, Fidel Castro, Huber Matos, entering Havana on 8 January 1959 (from History of Cuba) Capablanca playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892 (from Culture of Cuba) Cuban PT-76 tank crew on routine security duties in Angola (from History of Cuba) The wreckage of the USS Maine, photographed in 1898 (from History of Cuba) A monument to the Taíno chieftain Hatuey in Baracoa, Cuba (from History of Cuba) Spanish General Arsenio Martínez Campos in Havana, Colonial Cuba, 1878 (from History of Cuba) Rebel leaders engaged in extensive propaganda to get the U.S. to intervene, as shown in this cartoon in an American magazine. Columbia (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the U.S. government) is blind to the crisis and will not use its powerful guns to help. Judge magazine, 6 February 1897. (from History of Cuba) Fidel Castro's July 26 Movement rebels mounted on horses in 1959 (from History of Cuba) President Carlos Prío Socarrás (left), with US president Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. in 1948 (from History of Cuba) Public transportation in Cuba during the "Special Period" (from History of Cuba) Defense of a train attacked by Cuban insurgents (from History of Cuba) The Bay of Pigs Memorial in Miami, Florida (from History of Cuba) Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe (from Culture of Cuba) The Casino Español, Matanzas (from Culture of Cuba) Did you know (auto-generated) ... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba? ... that Joan Boada was named a principal dancer at the Cuban National Ballet at age 16, but later defected and ended up at the San Francisco Ballet? ... that Rudi Kappel, co-founder of the first airline of Suriname, was arrested both on entering and leaving Santiago de Cuba? ... that before his Major League Baseball career, Leo Posada represented Cuba internationally in cycling? ... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero is the daughter of Cubans who fled to the U.S. as teenagers? ... that José Ramón Balaguer fought as a soldier-medic for Fidel Castro's rebel army before becoming Cuba's minister of public health? Recognized content - Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Supernova is a studio album by The Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio released by Blue Note Records on July 17, 2001. The trio consisted of Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano, bassist Carlos Henriguez, and drummer Ignacio Berroa. It peaked at number 25 in the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. Produced by Rubalcaba, the album was released following his collaborative work with Charlie Haden on the album Nocturne, which resulted in a Grammy Award for Haden. Supernova includes nine tracks and met with mostly positive reviews by critics, most commenting on the versatility and musical ability of the performer. The album was further nominated for a Grammy, a Billboard Latin Music Award, and earned the Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. (Full article...) List of recognized articles 1846 Havana hurricane Anarchism in Cuba Fidel Castro 1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution Buena Vista Social Club Early life of Fidel Castro Eusebia Cosme Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents The Kingdom of This World Che Guevara Konnan Rocky Romero Yoani Sánchez The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon Luis Posada Carriles Oswaldo Payá Solo (Gonzalo Rubalcaba album) 1910 Cuba hurricane Ostend Manifesto Cyclura nubila Zapata rail Cuban macaw Charles Edward Magoon Selected biography - Stevenson in 1985 Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (Spanish pronunciation: [teˈofilo steˈβenson]; 29 March 1952 – 11 June 2012) was a Cuban engineer and an amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986. Stevenson won the Val Barker Trophy (1972) as well was honored with the Olympic Order (1987) and is one of only three boxers to win three Olympic gold medals – alongside the Hungarian László Papp and the fellow Cuban Félix Savón. (Full article...) List of selected biographies José Raúl Capablanca Alicia Alonso Fulgencio Batista Manuel Urrutia Lleó Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Teófilo Stevenson Benny Moré Ricardo Alarcón José Martí Frank País Gerardo Machado Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Pablo Milanés Enrique González "La Pulga" Ana Albertina Delgado Álvarez Silvio Rodríguez Elián González Omara Portuondo Nicolás Guillén Marta María Pérez Bravo Silvano "Chori" Shueg Rita Montaner Juan Gualberto Gómez Julio Antonio Mella Steve Bellán Leonard Wood José Semidei Rodríguez José Ramón Machado Ventura Félix Rodríguez (soldier) Gloria Estefan Tata Güines Ana de Armas Camila Cabello Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda Isaac Oviedo Mercedes O. Cubria María Magdalena Campos Pons Pedro Zamora Rafael Palmeiro Tania Bruguera Walfredo Reyes Jr. Yadira Silva Lorena Feijóo Yarisley Silva Tomasa Núñez Miguel Díaz-Canel Selected picture Havana harbour in 1912 View of Havana harbour, with vessels of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in the distance. 1912. More did you know - ...that Pinar del Río Province provides 70% of Cuba's tobacco crop (pictured)? ...that Antonio Guiteras, a leading politician in Cuba during the 1930s and Minister of the Interior under President Ramón Grau San Martín, was assassinated in Matanzas Province in 1935? ...that Guaracheros de Regla was the name of a carnival comparsa of Havana? ...that the habanera is a musical genre from Cuba with a characteristic "Habanera rhythm"? And that it is one of the oldest mainstays of Cuban music and the first of the dances from Cuba to be exported all over the world? ...that a year after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cuban economy entered what became known as the Special Period, and was restricted to importing and utilizing only around 10% of the crude oil of the previous year? More did you know... New articles... Topics Categories Category puzzle Select [►] to view subcategories Cuba Cuba-related lists Buildings and structures in Cuba Culture of Cuba Economy of Cuba Education in Cuba Geography of Cuba Government of Cuba Health in Cuba History of Cuba Organizations based in Cuba Cuban people Politics of Cuba Ships of Cuba Society of Cuba Cuba stubs Quote of the day “ To be Cuban is to go with Cuba everywhere. Cuba is a paradise from which we flee by trying to return. ” Exiled Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante. Things you can do Wikipedia's maxim is that anyone can edit. 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