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Location of Cuba. Cuba is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. The Cuban state claims to adhere to socialist principles in organizing its largely state-controlled planned economy. Most of the means of production are owned and run by the government and most of the labor force is ...
When it opened, it was the largest hotel in Cuba; [citation needed] it remains one of the largest hotels, with almost 700 rooms. Former NHL star and captain of the Montreal Canadiens, Serge Savard, was also part owner. The name "El Senador" was a reference to his nickname "Le Senateur" (The Senator).
In Cuba between 1993 and 2004, a dollar store (Spanish: tienda de dólares), officially Tiendas de Recaudación de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Collection Shops") or Tiendas Recuperadoras de Divisas ("Foreign Currency Recovery Shops"), was a government-owned shop that sold goods solely in exchange for hard currency, originally mainly to foreigners and tourists, in the same way as a friendship ...
Cumanayagua (Spanish pronunciation: [kumanaˈʝaɣwa]) is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. It is located in a valley near the Guamuhaya Mountains (usually these mountains are referred as Escambray Mountains , 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Cienfuegos , the provincial capital.
Isla de la Juventud: 0.802 High human development 3 Artemisa and Mayabeque: 0.777 4 Matanzas: 0.769 5 Guantánamo: 0.768 – Cuba (average) 0.764: 6 Ciego de Ávila: 0.764 Santiago de Cuba: 8 Cienfuegos: 0.763 9 Pinar del Río: 0.756 10 Villa Clara: 0.748 Sancti Spíritus: 12 Holguín: 0.742 13 Camagüey: 0.740 14 Granma: 0.737 15 Las Tunas: 0.736
El Heraldo de Cuba was a national newspaper in Cuba founded by future President of Cuba Manuel Márquez Sterling in 1913. [1] In the early 20th century, the editor was Italian Cuban war hero, Secretary of State, and ambassador to the U.S. , Orestes Ferrara . [ 2 ]
The López Serrano Building was the tallest residential building in Cuba until the construction of the FOCSA in 1956. Designed by the architect Ricardo Mira in 1929, who in 1941 who also designed La Moderna Poesia bookstore on Obispo Street for the same owner, it is often compared to the Bacardi Building in Old Havana built two years before the López Serrano Building because of their ...
Cuba's first presidential period under Don Tomas Estrada Palma from 1902 to 1906 was considered to uphold the best standards of administrative integrity in the history of the Republic of Cuba. [10] However, a United States intervention in 1906 resulted in Charles Edward Magoon , an American diplomat, taking over the government until 1909.