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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.
It was formed in 1965 by the merger of two previous papers, Revolución (from Spanish: "Revolution") and Hoy ("Today"). [1] Publication of the newspaper began in February 1966. [2] Its name comes from the yacht Granma that carried Fidel Castro and 81 other rebels to Cuba's shores in 1956, launching the Cuban Revolution. [3]
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.
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 ...
ADN Cuba, meaning "Cuba's DNA", is a Spanish website and Facebook page which contains daily videos and blogs contributed by Cuban citizen journalists, activists, artists and cultural creatives living in Cuba. Designed to give independent Cuban cultural creatives an outlet to highlight Cuba's diversity.
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 ...
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [12] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence ...
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez [a] (Latin American Spanish: [miˈɣel ˈdi.as kaˈnel]; born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician and engineer.He has served as the 8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021 and as the 17th President of Cuba since 2019.