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The island has only one municipality, also named Isla de la Juventud. The largest of the 350 islands in the Canarreos Archipelago (Archipiélago de los Canarreos), the island had an estimated population of 83,544 in 2019. [5] The capital and largest city is Nueva Gerona in the north, and the second largest and oldest city is Santa Fe in the ...
The Presidio Modelo was a "model prison" with panopticon design, built on the Isla de Pinos ("Isle of Pines"), now the Isla de la Juventud ("Isle of Youth"), in Cuba. It is located in the suburban quarter of Chacón, Nueva Gerona .
Christianity has played an important role in Cuba's history. Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus a few days after he arrived to the New World in 1492. In 1511, colonization began when the Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar established the Catholic Church in Cuba with the early priest Fray Bartolomé de las Casas known commonly as "the Protector of the Indians". [1]
La Demajagua is located in the northwestern area of the island, nearby the road from Nueva Gerona to Siguanea Airport, and close to the lakes Presa Cristal and Presa Vietnam Heroico. It is 20 km far from Nueva Gerona , 30 from Santa Fe and 14 from its closest beach, Playa Buenavista , by the Gulf of Batabanó .
The Young Communist League (Spanish: Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas, UJC) is the youth organization of the Communist Party of Cuba. Its membership is voluntary and selective. The organizations counts more than 400,000 active members. [1] Its symbol shows the stylized faces of Julio Antonio Mella, Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara.
The Popular Socialist Youth (Spanish: Juventud Socialista Popular) was a youth organization in Cuba, the youth wing of the Popular Socialist Party. [1] Raúl Valdés Vivó was the general secretary of the organization. [2] By 1960, the organization was estimated to have around 13,000 members. [3] Raúl Castro was a member of the organization ...
The diocese was erected on 10 September 1787 by Pope Pius VI, from the territory of the then–Diocese of Santiago de Cuba.When it was erected, the new diocese encompassed the secular provinces of Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana, and Pinar del Río in Cuba and Florida and Louisiana in what is now the United States of America.
Nicolás de la Torre Muñoz (1649–1653) Died [4] Juan de Montiel (1655–1657) Died [4] Pedro de Reina Maldonado (1659–1660) Died before he was consecrated [4] Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1661–1668) Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala [4]