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Brief History of Cuba

Before the discovery of Cuba by Christopher Columbus (1492) the island was inhabited by the Taino, Ciboney and Arawak Indians. The Spanish conqueror Diego Velázquez founded the city La Habana in 1515.
Cuba became a Spanish colony. After several Independence Wars and with interventions of the United States, Cuba became an independant republic. However the United States reserved the right to intervene in Cuba.
Several presidents followed : Gomez, Machado, Céspedes and Batista. In 1959 Fidel Castro over threw the Batista regime in the Cuban Revolution. In 2008 after the illness of his brother Fidel Castro, Raul Castro was elected president of Cuba. More about History of Cuba

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The Cuban Revolution
Cause of the Cuban Revolution. The majority of Cubans, dominated by rich Sugar Barons, were very poor. The suffering of the poor peasants had a big influence on Fidel Castro....

Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro, his youth, biography and the Cuban Revolution.....

Cuban Missile Crisis
After the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion, Cuba was afraid of a new U.S. invasion and allowed the former Soviet Union to install nuclear missiles on Cuban soil....

Bay of Pigs Invasion
The CIA financed and backed "Bay of Pigs invasion" on Cuban soil was defeated by the Cuban army....

Cuban Economic Embargo
The Cuban Economic Embargo was imposed by President Kennedy after the failed "Bay of Pigs Invasion"....

Raul Castro
The present president of the Republic of Cuba, his life and political visions.....

Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway, his youth, biography and his life in Cuba where he lived for more than twenty years.....

Famous Cuban Americans
Hundreds of thousands Cubans left the island over the years, most of them immigrated to the United States. Several among the Cuban immigrants became Famous Cuban Americans....

Cuban Traditions
Cuba is a melting pot of cultures and races, due to the Spanish occupation and the import of African slaves and cheap Chinese labourers...

Cuban Names
The majority of the Cuban names are of Spanish origin. Spain was a long time colonizer of Cuba.....

Taino Indians
Columbus was welcomed by the Taino Indians on his arrival in Cuba, but.....

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