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Main building of the Casa de las Américas in Vedado/Havana. Casa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world.
"Patria y Vida" ("Homeland and Life") is a slogan and song associated with the July 2021 Cuban protests. It is an inversion of the Cuban Revolution motto Patria o Muerte ("Homeland or Death"). The slogan was popularized by a reggaeton song released in February 2021 by Yotuel , Beatriz Luengo, Descemer Bueno , Gente de Zona , Luis Manuel Otero ...
"Cuba is a country that no longer exists, even if I was born there". The roots of Alvarez Guedes' humor are to be found in a Cuban music hall tradition known as teatro bufo , where ethnic types drawn from the Havana barrios acted out comedy skits that were Creole versions of comic theater from the 16th and 17th century Spanish traditions.
Lucumí consists of a lexicon of words and short phrases derived from the Yoruba language and used for ritual purposes in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and their Diasporas. It is used as the liturgical language of Santería in the Spanish Caribbean and other communities that practice Santería/Orisa/the Lucumí religion/Regla de Ocha.
In both Cuba and Puerto Rico, the politicized lyrics of Nueva Trova were very often critical of the United States; Puerto Rican singers were especially critical of Vieques' continued use as a United States Navy training ground. Nueva Trova is defined, not only by its connection with Castro's revolution, but also by its lyrics.
Consequently, during the late 17th and 18th century, hundreds of Canarian families moved to Venezuela, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with others going to places like Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina or the south of the present United States. These families were sent to populate various parts of Latin America.
La vida comienza ahora (Life Begins Now) Drama: La vuelta a Cuba en 80 minutos (Around Cuba in 80 Minutes) Manuel Samaniego: Tito Hernández, Osvaldo Calvo, Manolo Fernández, Pedro Vargas, Olga Lidia Rodríguez, Raquel Revuelta, Enrique Santiesteban, Enrique Almirante, Luis Alberto Ramírez: Comedy: Los tres Villalobos o La justicia de los ...
Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez MBE (17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. He recorded with producers such as Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd Daley. He was known as one of the first ska musicians.