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Award Name (English/Spanish) Date of creation Award criteria Hero of the Republic of Cuba Héroe de la República de Cuba: 10 December 1979 "Awarded to members of the Armed Forces and to any Cuban citizen or from friendly countries, for extraordinary merits and feats carried out in the defense of the homeland and the conquests of the Revolution or for exceptional contributions to the cause of ...
Medal of the City of Buenos Aires Argentina: 26 May 2003 Prize of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. For "being an emblem of the ideals of liberty". [66] [67] Commemorative Medal 50th Anniversary of the July 26th Cuba: 26 July 2003 First person awarded. [68] Labor Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea: 11 December 2006
This list of military decorations is an index to articles about notable military decorations. It is organized by country in alphabetical order and in order of precedence. Note that there are many pages which overlap the domain of this page, including military awards and decorations and campaign medal, and pages mentioned within category:Military awards and decorations, category:Battle honours ...
The Mexican Honors system consists of civil orders, decorations and medals that are conferred on citizens and foreigners in recognition of their services and achievements. Although the indigenous empires that made up modern Mexico had their own way of recognizing individuals, the current system traces its roots from colonial New Spain , and has ...
The Meritorious Service Cross and Meritorious Service Medal are currently the only Canadian awards still being awarded to US personnel today. Most of those are awarded to senior U.S. officers in the United States European Command , United States Northern Command or North American Aerospace Defense Command usually as "end-of-tour" decorations.
Simon Calder, also known as The Man Who Pays His Way, is co-author, with Emily Hatchwell, of Traveller’s Survival Kit: Cuba. He has also been writing about travel for The Independent since 1994.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, a State ...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere. Earlier Tuesday, Trump’s Middle East ...