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Guillen de Castro y Bellvis
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz) , 1926-, Cuban revolutionary, premier of Cuba (1959-76), president of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers (1976-2008). As a student leader and lawyer, Castro opposed the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar . On July 26,... Read more |
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Antonio de Castro Alves
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Mariano Jose de Larra y Sanchez de Castro
Figaro the central character, a barber turned valet who both assists and circumvents his master Count Almaviva, of The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784) by the French dramatist Pierre de Beaumarchais (1732–99); they inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart. Figaro... Read more |
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Santa Clara
Santa Clara , city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. It is a communications and commercial center located on major rail and highway junctions; it also has an airport. Cattle raising was the traditional industry until the 19th cent., when sugarcane became... Read more |
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Blasco Nunez Vela
Blasco Núñez Vela , d. 1546, first viceroy of Peru (1544-46). Sent to replace Vaca de Castro and to enforce the New Laws of Bartolomé de Las Casas , he had a violent, short career. He antagonized all in command and either ordered a murder or committed it himself. He was... Read more |
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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar , 1901-73, president of Cuba (1940-44, 1952-59). An army sergeant, Batista took part in the overthrow of Gerardo Machado in 1933 and subsequently headed the military and student junta that ousted Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and installed Ramón ... Read more |
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Cuban Americans
CUBAN AMERICANS by Sean Buffington Overview Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest of the Greater Antilles islands. To Cuba's east is the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Off the southeastern coast of... Read more |
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Bay of Pigs
Bay of Pigs ¦ LARRY GILMAN The Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos) is a small bay on the southern coast of Cuba that was invaded on April 17, 1961 by approximately 1,400 Cuban exiles organized and armed by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The invasion was... Read more |
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Operation Mongoose
Operation Mongoose ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER In November 1961, following the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy and his advisors launched Operation Mongoose, a covert operation intended to disrupt Cuban government and economic infrastructure. The... Read more |
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