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  2. List of Cuba hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    Candelaria in western Cuba recorded 12.24 in (310.8 mm) from the system. [84] [85] October 5, 2016 - Hurricane Matthew made landfall in eastern Cuba near the Maisí with winds of 130 mph (215 km/h), and gusts to 152 mph (245 km/h). [86] Damages in Cuba amounted to US$2.58 billion, most of which occurred in the Guantánamo Province. [87]

  3. Cuba emergency response system - Wikipedia

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    Cuba is the largest and most populated island in the Caribbean yet consistently experiences the lowest death tolls during hurricane season. [5] According to United Nations, it's not because Cubans are lucky but because they're prepared. [6] According to Oxfam, from 1996 to 2002, only 16 people were killed by the six hurricanes that struck Cuba. [7]

  4. List of newspapers in Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.

  5. Santo Domingo, Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Santo Domingo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1819 [1] and established as a municipality in 1879. ... 26 de Julio ...

  6. Radio Havana Cuba - Wikipedia

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    Radio Havana Cuba (Spanish: Radio Habana Cuba, RHC) is the official government-run international broadcasting station of Cuba.It can be heard in many parts of the world, including the United States, on shortwave frequencies.

  7. Sinking of tugboat 13 de Marzo - Wikipedia

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    The sinking of the tugboat 13 de Marzo was an incident on July 13, 1994, when 72 Cubans attempted to leave the island of Cuba on a stolen tugboat, to seek asylum in the United States. 41 passengers were drowned at sea when the tugboat sank. It was alleged that the Cuban coast guard deliberately sank the commandeered vessel and then refused to ...

  8. Havana - Wikipedia

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    Ballet Nacional de Cuba performing at the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Facing Havana's Central Park is the baroque Gran Teatro de La Habana, a prominent theater built in 1837. [125] It is now home of the National Ballet of Cuba and the International Ballet Festival of Havana, one of the oldest in the New World. The façade of the building is ...

  9. Public holidays in Cuba - Wikipedia

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    From 1969 to 1998, Christmas was a normal working day in Cuba. Official observance of Christmas was reinstated in 1998 after Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba. December 31 New Year's Eve: Fiesta de Fin de Año: New Year's Eve in Cuba is a public holiday where it is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.