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In 1934 the percentages of Cuban women working outside the home, attending school, and practicing birth control surpassed the corresponding percentages in nearly every other Latin American country. [12] Women in Cuba had been elected to Cuba's House of Representatives and Senate, serving as mayors, judges, cabinet members, municipal counselors ...
The Cuban regime’s denial of a travel permit to dissident Martha Beatriz Roque ought to give pause to American, Canadian, British and Australian women who visit the oppressive island for fun ...
Now, most everyone is poor, all the buildings are decrepit and few have plenty. International figures show 88% of Cubans live at the poverty level, a jump of 13% from the previous figures.
For 60 years, Cuba's communist government has monopolized virtually every aspect of life on the island, including dozens of state-controlled organizations that serve as official advocates for ...
The Federation of Cuban Women (Spanish: Federación de Mujeres Cubanas) [1] (FMC) was established in 1948 by a group of activists including Mirta Aguirre, María Argüelles, Edith García Buchaca, Ana M. Hidalgo, Celia Machado, Candelaria Rodríguez, Caridad Sánchez, Cipriana Vidaurreta, and María Josefa Vidaurreta as the Federación Democrática de Mujeres Cubanas (Democratic Federation of ...
Unlike in most of Latin America, but like many nations of the Caribbean and some of Central America, football is not a major game in Cuba, but is gaining popularity. Baseball is the most popular sport in Cuba. Introduced by American dockworkers in Havana in the 19th century, the game has played a role in Cuban independence from Spain.
That would make Cuba, alongside Haiti, the slowest growing economy in Latin America in 2024, ECLAC says. Cuba’s minimum wage is only $7.50 a month at the black market rate, which is the one that ...
The Cuba de ayer was much more economically advanced than the Cuba of today. In order to return Cuba to the economic successes of the Cuba de ayer Cuban exiles will have to intervene and reconstruct Cuba as a capitalistic and democratic society. Resident Cubans lack the economic tools and moral character to reconstruct the Cuba de ayer so Cuban ...