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In Cuba, jineterismo is a category of illegal or semi-legal economic activities related to tourism in Cuba. It covers a broad range of activities including prostitution and pimping, as well as other forms of hustling, such as selling black-market and counterfeit goods, providing private taxi services and serving as informal tourist guides.
Gifted by the Republic of Cuba to Madrid, [1] the monument was authored by José Villa (sculptor) and Rómulo Fernández (architect). [2] Standing 7.90 metre high, the monument consists of a cuboid with a (1.80 x 1.80) m base, bifurcating in two bodies upon its upper part. [3] Weighing 15 tonnes, [3] it is made of steel and marble. [1]
Cuba–Spain relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Cuba and the Kingdom of Spain. Relations date back more than five centuries. Relations date back more than five centuries. Cuba had been a colony from 1492 until 1898 when the United States took over the territory in the Spanish–American War .
On 30 July 2021, the PNR (as an entity), its director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce, and its Deputy Director, Eddy Sierra Arias, were added by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list for the "violent repression of protestors in Cuba" during the July protests. [8] [9]
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.
Spanish Cuba movement (Cuba española) is a contemporary citizens' initiative under the leadership of Maikel Arista-Salado, a Cuban national exiled in the United States, who has successfully filed a lawsuit in Spanish courts that, if successful, will grant Spanish citizenship to 90% of Cubans and Puerto Ricans.
Cuba's first presidential period under Don Tomas Estrada Palma from 1902 to 1906 was considered to uphold the best standards of administrative integrity in the history of the Republic of Cuba. [10] However, a United States intervention in 1906 resulted in Charles Edward Magoon , an American diplomat, taking over the government until 1909.
Until the 1998 reform of the regional statute it was formally called Council of Government of the Community of Madrid (Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid). It is headed by the president of the Community of Madrid, and additionally includes the appointed vice presidents and consejeros (cabinet ministers). [1]