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Paseo de Tacón_Avenida Carlos III, La Habana, 1952 The Paseo de Tacón, or Paseo Militar, was created by the Captain General ( Spanish : Capitanía General de Cuba ) Miguel Tacón y Rosique (1834–1838) [ a ] who promoted the reform of the “road” that, starting from the calles of San Luis de Gonzaga (Reina) [ b ] and Belascoáin ...
Senator Alfredo Hornedo Suárez, of the Patido Liberal. Owner of the Mercado Unico, the Mercado de Carlos III, the Casino Deportivo, and the news papers El Pais, Excelsior, el Sol, El Crisol. He also built the Blanquita Theater, the Hotel Rosita Hornedo, and the Riomar Building, and was the owner of several radio stations.
El Encanto was the largest department store in Cuba, with five retail storeys, originally built in 1888, and situated on the corner of Galiano and San Rafael in Old Havana. Before the Cuban Revolution , it had been privately owned, but in 1959 it was nationalized.
Sears expanded into Latin America and Spain starting with a small store in Downtown Havana, Cuba in 1942. Sears opened its first store in Mexico City in 1947; the Mexican stores would later spin off into Sears Mexico, now owned by billionaire Carlos Slim's Grupo Sanborns, which by the end of 2022 operated 97 stores across Mexico.
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña (Fort of Saint Charles), colloquially known as La Cabaña, is an 18th-century fortress complex, the third-largest in the Americas, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbor entrance in Havana, Cuba. The fort rises above the 60-meter (200 ft) hilltop, along with Morro Castle.
The Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana is a luxury hotel in Havana, Cuba. It is located in the historic Manzana de Gómez building, an early-20th-century building that was Cuba's first shopping mall. The Kempinski Hotel chain, belongs to the oldest hotel groups in Europe, Kempinski Aktiengesellschaft. [2]
Recently dismissed Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is being investigated by police and the Attorney General’s Office after making “serious mistakes,” President Miguel Díaz ...
With the name of the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes National Order of Merit, it was created by Presidential Decree No. 486 of Gerardo Machado, on April 18, 1926.It was awarded as a reward for services rendered to the country by nationals or foreigners in the exercise of diplomatic positions or other eminent services provided to Cuba and humanity.