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Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1965), nicknamed "El Duque" (Spanish for "The Duke"), is a Cuban-born right-handed former professional baseball pitcher.He pitched for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series, the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, and New York Mets of Major League Baseball, and the Cuban national baseball team in international play.
One died and the second-to-last, Montero Duque (having spent 25 years in a Havana prison), was finally released in 1986. The last prisoner, Ramon Conte Hernandez, was released later that year. [3] On June 8, 1986, Duque was released from prison in Cuba and reunited with his family in Miami, Florida and later Union City, New Jersey.
Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers, Revolución (from Spanish: "Revolution") and Hoy ("Today"). [1]
Titles bestowed often had the name of a place in Cuba (e.g. Marqués de Pinar del Rio, Conde de Yumurí), the surname of the family (e.g. Marqués de Azpesteguia, Conde de Casa (house) Montalvo) or in remembrance of some Royal favor or deed (e.g. Marqués de la Gratitud, Marqués de la Real Proclamación).
On 12 January 2021, then-U.S. President Donald Trump added Cuba to the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, implementing a new series of economic sanctions on the country. [7] The government of Cuba had hoped that Joe Biden would remove Cuba from the list. However, Biden has entirely avoided the issue and, according to Cuban governmental sources ...
Cuba continues to broadcast interference against U.S. broadcasts specifically directed to Cuba in attempts to prevent them from being received within Cuba. After the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the budget for all U.S.-government-run foreign broadcasters, with the exception of Radio Martí, was sharply reduced.
Hugo O'Donnell y Duque de Estrada [139] 2005 Duke of la Torre: 1862 1862 Carlos Martínez de Campos y Carulla [140] 2001 Duke of Tovar: 1906 1906 Alfonso Figueroa y Melgar [141] 1969 Duke of Uceda: 1610 1610 Pilar Latorre y Téllez-Girón [142] 1981 Duke of la Unión de Cuba: 1847 1847 Rocío Bernaldo de Quirós y Coca [143] 1983 Duke of ...
In 1967, the first Telecenters (regional centers of television) were born and the use of video tape was introduced. In 1975, Cubavisión began its color broadcasts, and in the following years began to develop satellite transmissions, including the beginning of Cubavisión Internacional in 1986.