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Cuba 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.
Cuba is one of a few extant socialist states , 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...
A Cuban sandwich Sándwich cubano ) is a variation of a ham and cheese sandwich that likely originated in cafes catering to Cuban workers in Tampa or Key West , two early Cuban immigrant communities in Florida centered on the cigar industry . Later on, Cuban exiles and expatriates brought it to Miami, where it is also very popular. The sandwich is made with ham , (mojo ) roasted pork , Swiss cheese , pickles , mustard , and sometimes salami on Cuban bread . Salami is included in Tampa, where there is a large Italian population, but is not usually included in South Florida.
The Cuban sandwich is at the center of a long-running friendly rivalry between Miami and Tampa. As part of that rivalry, the "Historic Tampa Cuban Sandwich" was designated the "signature sandwich of the city of Tampa" by the
Tampa City Council in 2012. (
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The following are images from various Cuba-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Capablanca playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892 (from
Culture of Cuba )
Image 2 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 )
Image 4 Defense of a train attacked by Cuban insurgents (from
History of Cuba )
Image 5 Cuban
PT-76 tank crew on routine security duties in Angola (from
History of Cuba )
Image 6 Three generations of women (from
Culture of Cuba )
Image 7 Cuban victims of Spanish reconcentration policies (from
History of Cuba )
Image 8 The city walls of Havana, 1848 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 9 Depiction of an engagement between Cuban rebels and Spanish Royalists during the
Ten Years' War (1868–78) (from
History of Cuba )
Image 10 President
Carlos Prío Socarrás (left), with US president
Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. in 1948 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 11 Fidel Castro 's
July 26 Movement rebels mounted on horses in 1959 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 12 Camilo Cienfuegos ,
Fidel Castro ,
Huber Matos , entering Havana on 8 January 1959 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 13 The wreckage of the
USS Maine , photographed in 1898 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 14 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 )
Image 15 The Bay of Pigs Memorial in
Miami , Florida (from
History of Cuba )
Image 16 Tobacco fields in Cuba, 1859 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 17 The Casino Español, Matanzas (from
Culture of Cuba )
Image 18 A
watercolor painting of Havana Bay,
c. 1639 (from
History of Cuba )
Image 19 A monument to the Taíno chieftain Hatuey in
Baracoa , Cuba (from
History of Cuba )
Image 20 States proposed in the
Spanish Draft Federal Constitution of 1873 , among which Cuba was included. (from
History of Cuba )
Image 21 19th century view of Havana (from
History of Cuba )
Image 22 Public transportation in Cuba during the "Special Period" (from
History of Cuba )
Image 23 Soldiers of
FAR (from
History of Cuba )
Image 24 Russian
T-34 tank at Museo Giron, Cuba (from
History of Cuba )
Image 25 Taíno women preparing
cassava bread (from
History of Cuba )
Image 26 Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe (from
Culture of Cuba )
Image 27 The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762 , a 1775 painting by
Dominic Serres (from
History of Cuba )
Image 28 The fortress of
El Morro in Havana, built in 1589 (from
History of Cuba )
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Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards. John Raymond Rivera (born October 28, 1982), better known by his ring name Rocky Romero Rokkī Romero ), is a Cuban-American professional wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where is a Vice President in both promotions. He is a member of Chaos . He also makes appearances for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and Major League Wrestling . Also known by his nickname "Azúcar (sugar Spanish )", he is best known for his accomplishments as a tag team wrestler. He was member of tag teams like The Havana Pitbulls/Los Cubanitos , Forever Hooligans , and Roppongi Vice . His tenure as the fourth incarnation of Black Tiger was also met with praise and recognition.
Rivera made his in-ring debut on September 13, 1997, and, over the years, he portrayed several different characters including
masked luchadores and has wrestled extensively in Mexico for both
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and
Lucha Libre AAA World Wide . In the United States, he is known for his work with
Ring of Honor as a member of
No Remorse Corps , and was one of the featured wrestlers for
Lucha Libre USA . (
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Federico Arístides Soto Alejo (June 30, 1930 – February 4, 2008), better known as
Tata Güines , was a Cuban percussionist, bandleader and arranger. He was widely regarded as a master of the
conga drum , and alongside
Carlos "Patato" Valdés , influential in the development of contemporary Afro-Cuban music, including
Afro-Cuban jazz . He specialized in a form of improvisation known as
descarga , a format in which he recorded numerous albums throughout the years with
Cachao ,
Frank Emilio Flynn ,
Estrellas de Areito ,
Alfredo Rodríguez and
Jane Bunnett , among others. In the 1990s he released two critically acclaimed albums as a leader:
Pasaporte and
Aniversario . His composition "Pa' gozar" has become a
standard of the descarga genre. (
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Schoolkids in a sunlit arcade in Havana, Cuba.
...that in 2005, Hurricane Dennis (pictured) left 16 people dead in Cuba and cost $1.4 billion in damages?
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Ay, no ha que llorar, que la vida es un carnaval!
es mas bello vivir cantando.
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