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Also: Cuba: People: By occupation: Military personnel: Soldiers Pages in category "Cuban soldiers" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Cuban soldiers (49 P) Pages in category "Cuban military personnel" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The first Cuban military mission in Africa was established in Ghana in 1961. Cuba's military forces appeared in Algeria, in 1963, when a military medical brigade came to support the government. [9] In 1966 and 1967 little forces of Cuba landed in Venezuelan coast to support leftist guerilla of the FALN.
Since Oct. 1, the Coast Guard has stopped 6,800 people from Cuba and around 4,500 people from Haiti trying to enter the U.S. by boat, the agency said. Show comments Advertisement
Spanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.
During the Spanish American wars of independence, a significant number of Spanish soldiers were based in Cuba, with the colony being transformed into a hub for Spanish counterrevolutionary operations. [21] A large Spanish garrison of 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers was maintained in Cuba following the end of the Spanish American wars for independence ...
The Cuban Liberation Army did not have a widespread or universal uniform, especially when they first began their operations. However, by 1895, most officers and some soldiers (especially those from expeditionary units who deployed to Cuba from Florida and New York) had a uniform of some sort. Common among all soldiers were straw hats, which ...
Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban-American boy whose shipwreck at age 5 sparked an international custody battle between his father and their Florida relatives, is about to become a dad himself. Gonzalez ...