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Capital: Havana. Time: Behind Moscow by 8 hours. Holidays and non-working days: January 1 (Liberation Day, 1959), May 1 (International Workers’ Day), July 26 (National Uprising Day, 1953), October 10…
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Capital: Havana. Time: Behind Moscow by 8 hours. Holidays and non-working days: January 1 (Liberation Day, 1959), May 1 (International Workers’ Day), July 26 (National Uprising Day, 1953), October 10…
Note to the traveler Important! From 01/10/2021, to visit Cuba, it is mandatory to have a negative PCR test for COVID-19, made no more than 72 hours before departure in…
As the new Constitution forbade the re-election of the President-in-Office, Batista had to leave the government in Grau, elected on June 1, 1944. He applied important reforms, not always appreciated by…
Movies in Cuba Cuba was a pioneer country in Latin America – the first feature film, Manuel García directed by Enrique Díaz Quesada, premiered as early as 1913. With the…
Dance in Cuba Dance has always played a significant role in Cuba, whether it was Afro-Cuban dances such as rumba, or entertainment dance for the Creole upper class. Havana was…
Visual arts Havana got its European imported art academy Academia de San Alejandro during the colonial period in 1818, founded by Frenchman Juan Bautista Vermay. Only in the 20th century…
The first significant Cuban poet is José Maria Heredia y Heredia (1803–39), who stands on the transition between neoclassicism and romance. He was also involved in Cuba’s liberation struggle. José…
The main island of Cuba is 104 945 km2. It is approx. 1250 km long in the east-west direction, but only 30–195 km wide. Cuba is the largest and westernmost…
Cuba is a republic in the Caribbean. The country consists of the island of Cuba, the largest of the Antilles, in addition to the smaller Isla de la Juventud (“Youth…