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The Cuba Portal

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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Cuba or República de Cuba, IPA: [re'puβlika ðe ˈkuβa]), consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and adjacent small islands. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is south of the eastern United States and the Bahamas, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti and east of Mexico. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica are to the south.

Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its culture and customs draw from several sources including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves, years of close ties to the Soviet Union, and its proximity to the United States. The island has a tropical climate that is moderated by the surrounding waters; the warm currents of the Caribbean Sea and its location between water bodies also make Cuba prone to frequent hurricanes.

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Schoolchildren in a sunlit arcade in Havana.

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Did you know...

...that at twelve years old, Fidel Castro wrote a letter (pictured) to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressing his admiration and asking for a $10 bill?

...that JMWAVE was the codename for a United States covert operations and intelligence gathering station in Miami, Florida created in 1961 to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro?

...that Rationing in Cuba was instated on March 12, 1962, a month after the imposition of the United States embargo against Cuba, and remains to this day?

...that Henry Reeve, a Brigadier General in the Cuban rebel army during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878), was born in Brooklyn, New York?

...that rights to oil and natural gas in the Straits of Florida were divided between the United States and Cuba by a 1977 treaty, and that geological studies project substantial reserves?

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Wikipedia's maxim is that anyone can edit. If you are interested in Cuba and have useful information that would form a new article or would enhance an existing article, please feel free to take part. Here are some tasks you can do to help with WikiProject Cuba:

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New article announcements
Requests: Sport in Cuba, Asociación de Guías de Cuba, Carlos Alzugarai, Jules Loustalot, Enrique Quintana, Moisés Boudé, Domingo Romeo Jaime, Oscar Poey Bonachea, Virgilio Morales Díaz, José Borrel Tudurí, Celina Cardoso, Angel Loustalot, lechon asado
Stubs: Dollar store (Cuba), Celia Sánchez, Yoani Sánchez
Verify: History of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista
Update: Nochebuena
NPOV: History of Cuba, Delfin Fernandez, Armando Valladares
Copyedit: Bay of Pigs invasion, Julio Antonio Mella, Fabio Grobart, Armando Peraza
Wikify: Cha-cha-cha
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Cleanup: Bay of Pigs invasion, History of Cuba, Escambray Revolt, Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, List of Cubans, Máximo Gómez, Antonio Maceo Grajales
Style: Fidel Castro
Expand: Cuban-Soviet relations, Baseball in Cuba, Religion in Cuba, Havana's International Book Fair, Cuba-Venezuela relations, Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven

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In the news

February 20: Drama was the signature tune of Fidel's career (BBC News)
February 19: Bedridden Castro resigned after nearly 50 years as "El Presidente".(BBC News)
October 7: Bus and train collision kills at least 28 in Cuba
September 20: Supporters of Canadian youth Omar Khadr held in Guantanamo gather, demand action
- Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer, dies at 78.
June 6: Fidel Castro appears on TV in his first interview since undergoing surgery 10 months ago.(BBC)
June 6: Cuba and the United States hold the first bilateral Hurricane Conference to exchange ideas and information before the hurricane season begins.
May 29: Fidel Castro writes about his illness for the first time, stating that he had three operations before he began his recovery.(Earth Times) edit
Quote of the day
“ I sympathise with the rebellion, but not with the rebels. It may be that as the pages of history are turned, brighter futures and better times will come to Cuba. It may be that future years will see the island as it would be now, had England never lost it - a Cuba free and prosperous under just laws and a patriotic administration, throwing her ports open to the world ”

Winston Churchill, 1895.
Randolph Churchill: Winston Churchill companion, vol 1, 1967, p617-8
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Categories
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  - History and Society:
    - African diaspora • Latinos • Mesoamerica
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Topics
v • d • eCuba Topics History Colonial Heads
Cuba-United States relations
Historical Events
- Timeline of Cuban history
- Chronology of Colonial Cuba
Politics
People and organizations
Democracy and Human Rights
- Elections
- Human rights
Foreign Relations
- Foreign relations
  - PRC-Cuba relations
  - Cuban-Soviet relations
  - Cuba-United States relations
Geography Cities and towns
- Aguada de Pasajeros
- Antilla
- Arcos de Canasí
- Artemisa
- Baracoa
- Bayamo
- Boca de Jaruco
- Camagüey
- Campechuela
- Cardenas
- Cayo Coco
- Chambas
- Ciego de Avila
- Cienfuegos
- Ciudad Mar
- Colón
- Consolación del Sur
- Cruces
- El Caney
- Esmeralda
- Florida, Cuba
- Gibara
- Guáimaro
- Guanabacoa
- Guanabo
- Guanajay
- Guane
- Guantánamo
- Guardalavaca
- Güines
- Güira de Melena
- Holguín
- Jaruco
- Jibacoa
- Jiguaní
- Jovellanos
- Los Arabos
- Magarabomba
- Manzanillo
- Marianao
- Mariel
- Martí
- Matanzas
- Máximo Gómez, Cuba
- Mayarí
- Moa
- Morón, Cuba
- Nueva Gerona
- Nuevitas
- Palma Soriano
- Pinar del Río
- Placetas
- Rodas
- Sagua La Grande
- San Antonio de los Baños
- San Luis, Pinar del Río
- San Luis, Santiago de Cuba
- Sancti Spiritus
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz del Norte
- Santa Cruz del Sur
- Santa Fe
- Santiago de Cuba
- Tarara
- Trinidad
- Varadero
- Venezuela
- Victoria de Las Tunas
- Viñales
- Yara
Havana
Provinces
Bays
Rivers
- Almendares River
- Cauto River
Mountains
Islands
Gulfs and Straits
Culture Art
- Abelardo Morell
- Alberto Korda
- Amelia Peláez
- Carlos Enríquez Gómez
- David Martinez Delgado
- Juan T. Vazquez Martin
- Mario Perez
- Pedro Álvarez Castelló
- Peter Henry Emerson
- Raúl Corrales
- Raúl Martínez
- Rene Mederos
- Tomas Sanchez
- Víctor Manuel García Valdés
- Wifredo Lam
Music
- Timeline
  - Batá and yuka
  - Chachachá
  - Changui
  - Charanga
  - Conga
  - Danzón
  - Descarga
  - Guajira
  - Guaracha
  - Habanera
  - Jazz
  - Hip hop
  - Mambo
  - Nueva trova
  - Rock
  - Rumba
  - Salsa cubana
  - Son
  - Son montuno
  - Timba
Cinema

Films
Directors
Actors
Cuisine
Literature
People Politics
Current
Historical
Authors and poets
Musicians
Composers
Musicians
Sports persons
Boxing
- Adolfo Horta, Featherweight Olympic boxer
- Ariel Hernández, Middleweight Olympic boxer
- Armando Martínez, Light middle-weight Olympic boxer
- Benny Paret, boxer
- Eliseo Castillo, boxer
- Félix Savón, Olympic gold medal winning boxer
- Florentino Fernandez, boxer
- Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz, amateur boxer
- Joel Casamayor, boxer
- Jorge Rubio, Boxing trainer.
- José Napoles, boxer
- Kid Charol, Boxer
- Kid Chocolate, boxer
- Kid Gavilan, boxer
- Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros Olympic welterweight boxer
- Luis Manuel Rodriguez, boxer
- Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Olympic gold medal winning boxer
- Raúl González, boxer
- Roberto Balado, Olympic Super Heavyweight boxer
- Sugar Ramos, world champion boxer
- Teofilo Stevenson, amateur boxer
- Yanqui Diaz, boxer
- Yudel Johnson Cedeno Light-Welterweight Olympic Boxer
Athletics
- Alberto Juantorena, basketball, track
- Aliecer Urrutia, triple jump
- Ana Fidelia Quirot 800m
- Dayron Robles, Hurdling athlete
- Emeterio González, javelin thrower.
- Hector Herrera, sprinter
- Ioamnet Quintero, high jumper
- Iván García, sprinter
- Iván Pedroso, long jump
- Javier Sotomayor, track and field record setter
- Joel Isasi, sprinter
- Joel Lamela, sprinter
- Jorge Aguilera, sprinter
- Lazaro Martínez, sprinter
- Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, sprinter
- Osleidys Menéndez, javelin
- Roberto Hernández (track athlete)
- Roberto Moya, discus throw
- Víctor Moya, high jumper
- Yargelis Savigne, jump
- Yipsi Moreno, hammer thrower
- Yoandri Betanzos, triple jump
- Yoel García, triple jumper
- Yoel Hernández hurdler
- Yudelkis Fernández long jumper.
- Yunaika Crawford, hammer thrower
- Yuniel Hernández, hurdler
Other
- Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds
- Alberto Delgado, soccer
- Alex Sánchez, Baseball Free Agent
- Ariel Pestano, Cuban Baseball Player
- Ariel Prieto, Oakland Athletics
- Aurelio Monteagudo, Kansas City Athletics
- Barbaro Garbey, Detroit Tigers
- Bert Campaneris, Kansas City Athletics
- Brayan Peña, Atlanta Braves
- José Raúl Capablanca, chess world champion, grandmaster considered "the Mozart of Chess"
- Cristóbal Torriente, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame
- Danys Báez, Cleveland Indians
- Diego Seguí, Kansas City Athletics
- Eli Marrero, New York Mets
- Esteban Bellán, first Latin American professional baseball player to play in the United States
- Germán Mesa, trainer for the Cuban national baseball team
- Héctor Socorro, footballer
- Ibrahim Rojas, flatwater canoer
- Jack Calvo, Washington Senators
- José Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- José Cardenal, San Francisco Giants
- José Contreras, Chicago White Sox
- José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs - Baseball Hall of Fame
- José Tartabull, Kansas City Athletics
- Juan Corzo, chess
- Juan Tuñas, former Cuban footballer
- Kendry Morales
- Lázaro Bruzón, chess grandmaster
- Liván Hernández, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Luis Tiant, Cleveland Indians
- Martín Dihigo, Negro Leagues - Baseball Hall of Fame
- Mike Cuellar, Cincinnati Reds
- Minnie Miñoso, Chicago White Sox - Baseball Legend
- Octavio “Cookie” Rojas, Cincinnati Reds
- Omar Linares, Pinar del Río Vegueros, Cuban national baseball team
- Orestes Destrade, New York Yankees
- Orlando Hernández, New York Mets
- Ozzie Canseco, Oakland Athletics
- Pedro Ramos, Washington Senators
- Preston Gómez, Washington Senators
- Rafael A. Lecuona, Gymnast
- Rafael Palmeiro, Baltimore Orioles
- Ray Noble, New York Giants
- René Arocha, St. Louis Cardinals
- René Monteagudo, Washington Senators
- Rey Ángel Martínez, soccer
- Rey Ordóñez, Baseball Free Agent
- Roberto "Bobby" Estalella, Washington Senators
- Rodolfo Falcon, swimmer
- Rolando Arrojo, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Sandy Amorós, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Tomás Fernández, footballer in the 1938 world cup
- Tony Fossas, Texas Rangers
- Tony González, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins
- Tony Pérez, Cincinnati Reds
- Tony Taylor, Chicago Cubs
- Yanelis Yuliet Labrada Diaz, Olymipic silver medallist in Taekwondo
- Yuniesky Betancourt, Seattle Mariners
- Zoilo Versalles, baseball player and first Latin American major league MVP 1965
Artists
- Abelardo Morell
- Alberto Korda
- Amelia Peláez
- Carlos Enríquez Gómez
- David Martinez Delgado
- Juan T. Vazquez Martin
- Mario Perez
- Pedro Álvarez Castelló
- Peter Henry Emerson
- Raúl Corrales
- Raúl Martínez
- Rene Mederos
- Tomas Sanchez
- Víctor Manuel García Valdés
- Wifredo Lam
Economy Companies
Airlines
Society Education
- List of universities in Cuba
- Schools
  - International School of Havana
- Cuban National Center for Sex Education
- Museums
Sport
Healthcare
- List of hospitals in Cuba
Religion
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