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A rally in favor of the 2004 Venezuelan referendum to recall Hugo Chávez in the capital, Caracas.. The first protests, known as the "Guarimbazo", [7] [16] [17] began on 27 February 2004 and lasted five consecutive days, taking place mainly in middle and upper class neighborhoods of Caracas and fifteen other cities of the country.
There is an abandoned Jai alai court [1] in the back of the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, the site of the old Casa de Beneficencia, on Calles Concordia and Lucenas near Calle Belascoain, an area that had been considered in the early part of the city as a place to locate the helpless and the unwanted (Casa de Beneficencia, Hospital de San Lázaro, the Espada Cemetery, Casa de Dementes de San ...
The original 4-I-2 passes through the center of the town as Calle Maximo Gomez, while there is a new bypass going around the northern side of the town considered to be the current Circuito Sur. It then continues southeast through the towns of Real Campina and Yaguaramas , where after the new Circuito Sur bypass and the 4-I-2 split again.
The Obispo Street (Spanish: Calle Obispo) is one of the most famous and traveled streets of Old Havana. [1] During its history, the street has received several names such as: San Juan, Bishop (Obispo), Weyler, Pi Margall, among others, for a total of 47. [citation needed] It is the longest Street in Old Havana.
Also: Cuba: People: By occupation: Entertainers: Musicians Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
A street carnival scene in Cuba. The first African drums were heard in Cuba, since the 16th century, only during the celebration of certain feasts, such as the Día de Reyes (Three Kings Day) and Carnestolendas or Carnival, because their use was restricted to some mutual aid societies, called "Cabildos de nación", where enslaved Africans and their descendants were allowed to gather and ...
In his book Del canto y el tiempo, León divided the study of Cuban popular music in several sections presented in the following order: Música yoruba, Música bantú, Música abakuá, Música guajira, El son, La rumba, La guaracha, La canción y el bolero, Música instrumental, De la contradanza al danzón, al chachachá and Hacia el presente ...
White people in Cuba make up 64.1% of the total population according to the 2012 census [7] [8] with the majority being of diverse Spanish descent. However, after the mass exodus resulting from the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the number of white Cubans actually residing in Cuba diminished.