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A so-called 'yank tank' or 'máquina' (1956 Ford) in Trinidad, Cuba.. Yank tank, máquina and mainly almendrón (big almond) are the words used to describe the many classic cars (for example: 1957 Chevrolet, 1953 Ford, 1958 Dodge, etc.) present in Cuba with an estimated 60,000 of them still driving the roads today. [1]
Brenda Castillo (born June 5, 1992, in San Cristóbal) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic and plays as a libero.She was a member of the Dominican Republic national team that won fifth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics, [1] while she was named the tournament's Best Libero.
In 2015, Dominican Republic exported US$61m worth of goods while importing US$38m. The DR's exports to Cuba grew by 70% between 2010 and 2015, while Cuban exports grew by 38% over the same period. In 2018, Cuba and the DR formalized a trade deal to reduce tariffs for products being shipped between them. In addition, the trade deal includes ...
Presidents Francisco Flores Pérez, Ricardo Maduro, George W. Bush, Abel Pacheco, Enrique Bolaños and Alfonso Portillo. The Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR; Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio entre República Dominicana, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos de América, TLC) is a free trade agreement (legally a treaty under international law).
An ingenio consists of a central administrative office, a sugar cane mill, a sugar refinery, the town around the office and refinery, sugar fields (campos de caña), and miscellaneous production equipment like trucks, trains, tractors, weighing scales, and housing for workers, usually in what is called a batey.
The main gathering point of the idealists was San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. From the ideal of the (Antillean Confederation) another idea was born in the 1900s by José de Diego, The Antillean Union. Strong supporters of this idea: Eugenio María de Hostos, [1] also known as The Citizen of the Americas
On 6 October, Cuba and the MPLA engaged in a clash with the FNLA and South African troops at Norton de Matos, resulting in a significant defeat for Cuba and the MPLA. While the Cuban troops were still in the midst of crossing the Atlantic, the South Africans had apparently airlifted a limited number of troops and armored cars to central Angola.
Eleguá (Legba) is known in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico as the orisha and "owner" of caminos, or roads and paths.Elegua is also known as a “trickster” and is portrayed as both being very young and mischievous as well as very old and wise, encompassing the varying paths and phases of fate and life.