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Pinar del Río was one of the last major cities in Cuba founded by the Spanish, on 10 September 1867. [3] The city and province was founded as Nueva Filipinas (New Philippines) in response to an influx of Asian laborers coming from the Philippine Islands to work on tobacco plantations.
"Long Live Socialism" CDR billboard in countryside on the way from Havana to Pinar del Río. A CDR in Old Havana on Paseo de Martí facing Parque Central. Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Spanish: Comités de Defensa de la Revolución), or CDR, are a network of neighborhood committees across Cuba.
Regulate the legal assistance services provided by civil service societies. Address the legal issues arising from relations with ecclesiastical or religious institutions. Guide and control the application of the policy in matters of associations and foundations. Represent the State before associations in which the ministry is a relationship organ.
The Archivo Nacional de la República de Cuba is the national archive of Cuba. Founded in 1840, it is located in Havana on Calle Compostela. [ 1 ] Directors have included Vidal Morales y Morales and Joaquín Llaverías Martínez [ es ] .
It was founded in 1605 by Italian shipwrecked sailors as Mantua, Cuba. It was founded in 1719 under the name Guane del Norte. In 1866 it was established as a municipality. [1] The settlement of Mantua is a National Monument of Cuba. [4]
Other stoppages have been much shorter, with economic analyses after the fact often showing that the lost money is then returned to the US economy in nearly equal measure after the government reopens.
In Cuba, San Juan y Martinez is known as the "Mecca of the Tobacco." San Juan has its own hospital with a fully functional maternity ward as well as a "Polyclinic" treatment center, both open 24 hours.
The Congress of Cuba (Spanish: Congreso de Cuba) was the legislature of Cuba from 20 May 1902 until the Cuban Revolution of 1959. [1] The Congress consisted of the 130-member Chamber of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) and the 54-member Senate (Senado) in December 1958. The first Cuban Congress met for the first time on May 5, 1902.