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[5] Patron Saint: La Virgen de la Caridad de Cobre: La Virgen de la Caridad de Cobre, or Our Lady of Charity, is a popular Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was declared Patroness of Cuba by Pope Benedict XV on May 10, 1916. [6] In Cuba, she is often syncretized with Oshun, the orisha of beauty, love, fertility, sexuality, fresh ...
The Cuban coat of arms is the official heraldic symbol of Cuba. It consists of a shield, in front of a fasces crowned by the Phrygian cap, all supported by an oak branch on one side and a laurel wreath on the other. The coat of arms was created by Miguel Teurbe Tolón in 1849.
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The key represents that Havana was the gateway to the New World of Spanish America. The shield is supported by an oak branch on one side and a laurel wreath on the other. The oak branch symbolizes the strength of the nation; and the laurel wreath: honour and glory.
According to old documents found in the General Archive of the Indies (Seville), the arrival of the image of the Virgin of Charity to the mountains of the Sierra del Cobre, in Cuba, took place when an Illescan, Francisco Sánchez de Moya, captain of artillery, received on May 3, 1597 a mandate from King Philip II of Spain to go to the mines of the Sierra del Cobre to defend those coasts from ...
Camaguey, one of Cuba’s main ranching hubs, only produced 42.8 million liters (11.3 million gallons) of milk last year, out of 81.3 million liters (21.5 million gallons) that producers had ...
Flag of The Havana Club Movement, a U.S. annexationist movement of Cuba in 1847: 1868–1878: Céspedes flag of Ten Years' War [16] Flag of the Revolutionary Directorate: Flag of the Revolutionary Directorate of 13 March [17] 1953-1962: Party flag of the Movimiento 26 de Julio [18] Naval Jack of Cuba, also known as the flag of Yara or the flag ...
Pope Francis’ latest statements about Cuba were unfortunate for a world religious leader who is supposed to care about human rights and victims of oppression. It’s no wonder that Cuba’s ...