Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to Cuban:Cuban sandwich Cuba Cu·ba (kyo͞o′bə) An island country in the Caribbean Sea south of Florida. Originally settled by Arawak Indians, it was claimed for Spain by Columbus in 1492 and was colonized beginning...
At a ceremony held in Havana's Capitol building, home of the National Assembly, Castro recalled the day national hero Jose Marti relaunched the independence struggle on Feb. 24, 1895, which eventually freed Cuba from Spanish rule. In a rare speech, Castro highlighted Marti's determination. In ...
Like the flag raised by Máximo Gómez in Cuba’s struggle for independence but sewn by Victoria Pedraza, her grandaunt,Sylvia Pedraza(Sociology, University of Michigan) intends her book to be a contribution to Cuban history.Political Disaffection in Cuba’s Revolution and Exodus, Pedraza’smagnum ...
On the first anniversary of their death, the exiled Jos茅 Mart铆 used their execution to denounce Spanish rule in Cuba, and to legitimize the violent struggle for Cuban Independence. The executed students became martyrs to Cuban nationalism. Since then, their execution at t...
impressing her with his knowledge of Ireland’s struggle for independence. In her memoirs, Tis’ Herself, O’Hara remarked, “That famous cap he wore was an Irish rebel’s cap. I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. Today he is a symbol for freedom figh...
progress, particularly the start of drastic social, political, and economic changes, sharpened the class struggle and brought about a clash with US imperialism; it also provided the conditions for the emergence of a single revolutionary party of the Cuban people. In mid-1961 the July 26 Movement...
According to the 1872 census, some 34,050 Chinese were living in Cuba, with only 57 of them being women. Many of those immigrants joined the island's struggle for independence from Spanish colonial rule. In the 1874 Battle of Las Guasimas, well known to Cubans, there were 500 Chinese inf...
Like the flag raised by Máximo Gómez in Cuba’s struggle for independence but sewn by Victoria Pedraza, her grandaunt,Sylvia Pedraza(Sociology, University of Michigan) intends her book to be a contribution to Cuban history.Political Disaffection in Cuba’s Revolution and Exodus, Pedraza’smagnum...
A Jazz Pianist's Guide to Rhythmic Independence through the Adaptation of Afro-Cuban Rhythms. of a doctoral essay at the University of Miami. Doctoral essay supervised by Associate Professor Martin Bryce Bejerano. No. of pages in text. (133) While a substantial amount of jazz educational materia...
Was it in 1895 when the Cuban people rose up for independence and nearly succeeded, or was it in 1933 with the failed revolution that brought about incremental reform in the form of the 1940 Constitution, or was it in 1953 when Fidel Castro and reformers fought against an illegal government...