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 - Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers from the Port of Barcelona by Ramón Padró y Pedret The Ten Years' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. On 10 October 1868, sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed independence, beginning the conflict. This was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated with United States involvement, leading to the Spanish–American War. (Full article...) List of selected articles Havana Cuban Revolution Taíno Cuba–United States relations 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" El Diálogo 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. Taíno women preparing cassava bread (from History of Cuba) Soldiers of FAR (from History of Cuba) The Casino Español, Matanzas (from Culture 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) Cuban victims of Spanish reconcentration policies (from History of Cuba) The fortress of El Morro in Havana, built in 1589 (from History of Cuba) Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe (from Culture of Cuba) Public transportation in Cuba during the "Special Period" (from History of Cuba) A watercolor painting of Havana Bay, c. 1639 (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) Capablanca playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892 (from Culture of Cuba) Defense of a train attacked by Cuban insurgents (from History of Cuba) Fidel Castro's July 26 Movement rebels mounted on horses in 1959 (from History of Cuba) Russian T-34 tank at Museo Giron, Cuba (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) 19th century view of Havana (from History of Cuba) Camilo Cienfuegos, Fidel Castro, Huber Matos, entering Havana on 8 January 1959 (from History of Cuba) A monument to the Taíno chieftain Hatuey in Baracoa, Cuba (from History of Cuba) The wreckage of the USS Maine, photographed in 1898 (from History of Cuba) Spanish General Arsenio Martínez Campos in Havana, Colonial Cuba, 1878 (from History of Cuba) The city walls of Havana, 1848 (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) Tobacco fields in Cuba, 1859 (from History of Cuba) The Bay of Pigs Memorial in Miami, Florida (from History of Cuba) Three generations of women (from Culture of Cuba) Cuban PT-76 tank crew on routine security duties in Angola (from History of Cuba) States proposed in the Spanish Draft Federal Constitution of 1873, among which Cuba was included. (from History of Cuba) The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762, a 1775 painting by Dominic Serres (from History of Cuba) Did you know (auto-generated) ... that José Ramón Balaguer fought as a soldier-medic for Fidel Castro's rebel army before becoming Cuba's minister of public health? ... that Rudi Kappel, co-founder of the first airline of Suriname, was arrested both on entering and leaving Santiago de Cuba? ... 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 before his Major League Baseball career, Leo Posada represented Cuba internationally in cycling? ... that after his movement's victory in the Cuban Revolution, television broadcasts showed Camilo Cienfuegos freeing parrots from birdcages, declaring that the birds had "a right to liberty"? ... 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? Recognized content - Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. Surface map of the storm on October 10 The 1910 Cuba hurricane, popularly known as the Cyclone of the Five Days, was an unusual and destructive tropical cyclone that struck Cuba and the United States in October 1910. It formed in the southern Caribbean on October 9 and strengthened as it moved northwestward, becoming a hurricane on October 12. After crossing the western tip of Cuba, it peaked in intensity on October 16, corresponding to Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. That same day, the hurricane moved in a counterclockwise loop and hit Cuba again. It then tracked toward Florida, landing near Cape Romano. After moving through the state, it hugged the coast of the Southeastern United States on its way out to sea. Due to its unusual loop, initial reports suggested it was two separate storms that developed and hit land in rapid succession. Its track was subject to much debate at the time; eventually, it was identified as a single storm. Analysis of the event gave a greater understanding of weather systems that took similar paths. (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) Supernova (Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio album) Ostend Manifesto Cyclura nubila Zapata rail Cuban macaw Charles Edward Magoon Selected biography - Lorena Feijóo (born 1970 or 1971) is a Cuban former ballet dancer. Her dance career started in 1988 at the Cuban National Ballet, but left Cuba two years later for more opportunities. After stints at Ballet de Monterrey, Royal Ballet of Flanders and Joffrey Ballet, she joined the San Francisco Ballet in 1999 as a principal dancer, and retired in 2017. She then became an associate artistic director of Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre. Her sister, Lorna Feijóo, was also a ballet dancer. (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 Teófilo Stevenson 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 Yarisley Silva Tomasa Núñez Miguel Díaz-Canel Selected picture Cuban schoolchildren in a classroom in the province of Guantánamo Cuban schoolchildren in a classroom in the province of Guantánamo. More did you know - ...that between July 2005 and July 2006, Cubana de Aviación transported 35,000 passengers from London's Gatwick Airport to José Martí International Airport in Havana, using a Boeing 747-400 (pictured)? Actually, that's an Ilyushin IL-96. Don't know if that's just the wrong picture, or if they really used an IL-96 for this feat. ...that the Cuban night lizard is less than 4 cm long and lives exclusively in the west corner of the southern-most coast of Cuba? ...that in 1900, the Cuban baseball league began admitting black players, thus some of the best players from the Northern American Negro Leagues relocated to Cuba to play in the integrated teams? ...that Operation Verano was the name given to a summer offensive in 1958 by forces acting for President Fulgencio Batista, against rebels led by Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution? ...that Cayo Coco is a Cuban island off the north coast of Ciego de Ávila Province, that is linked to the mainland by an artificial causeway some 27km long? More did you know... New articles... Topics  Cuba topics

Pre-Revolution Timeline Colonial governors Slavery Ten Years' War Little War Cuban War of Independence Sinking of USS Maine Spanish–American War Platt Amendment World War I Republic 1932 hurricane World War II Revolution Post-Revolution Escambray Rebellion Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban intervention in Angola Mariel boatlift Special Period Fidel's transfer of power United States–Cuban thaw Cities History of Havana Timeline Other cities Timelines: Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo, Holguín, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba

Cities Bayamo Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Guantánamo Havana Holguín Las Tunas Matanzas Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba Provinces Artemisa Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Ciudad de La Habana Granma Guantánamo Holguín Isla de la Juventud Las Tunas Matanzas Mayabeque Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santiago de Cuba Villa Clara Other Almendares River Earthquakes List of islands Sierra Maestra Tropical cyclones World Heritage Sites

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