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Filipinos and other Asian workers reached Cuba by sailing in the Manila-Acapulco galleons that crossed the Pacific Ocean regularly from the late 16th century until 1815. [1] Manila was the jump-off point for all Spanish trade coming from East Asia, while Havana was the take-off point for Spanish trading ships sailing from Latin America to Spain.
Evangelina Cosio was born on September 23, 1877, in Puerto Príncipe, Cuba. [1] She was the daughter of Augustin Cosio, who was an active participant in attempts to gain Cuban independence from Spain; Ms. Cosio's mother, María Caridad de Cisneros y de la Torre, died when Evangelina was a child. [2]
The Philippines and Cuba were both dominated by Spain Crown for several centuries, which ended at the turn of the 19th century with Spain's defeat by the United States. Both countries fell under American rule after Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Cuba to the United States for twenty million US dollars .
EXCLUSIVE: Fidel Castro’s daughter, Alina Fernández, has emphasized to Deadline her endorsement of James Franco playing her Cuban leader revolutionary father in the upcoming independent feature ...
During a Communist Party meeting earlier this month, Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel blamed U.S. sanctions -- the government’s favorite whipping boy -- for the crisis.
Recognition of birthright nationality requires a passport issued by the country of birth with a visa to enter Cuba; an identity card or registration of the birth in the Civil Registry or Special Registry of Acts and Facts of Cubans Abroad, and a Cuban reference who makes a sworn statement to provide for the housing and maintenance of the applicant.
In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers on Thursday to watch their health and spending, care for their families, guard against crime and ...
Rosa María Payá Acevedo (Havana, 10 January 1989) is a Cuban activist for freedom and human rights.The daughter of activist Oswaldo Payá, head of the Christian Liberation Movement, she took up much of his activist work after he was killed by Ángel Carromero on 22 July 2012; [1] Carromero was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, [2] [3] but a 2023 ruling by the Inter-American ...