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1968 Mexico City: Athletics: Men's 4 × 100 metre relay Silver: Miguelina Cobián Marlene Elejarde Violetta Quesada Fulgencia Romay: 1968 Mexico City: Athletics: Women's 4 × 100 metre relay Silver: Rolando Garbey: 1968 Mexico City: Boxing: Men's light middleweight Silver: Enrique Regüeiferos: 1968 Mexico City: Boxing: Men's light welterweight ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands (6 C, 18 P) New Zealand Royal Honours System (7 C, 18 P) Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria (2 C, 4 P)
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 ...
Cuba, which never hosted the Olympics, has won the fourth highest total number of medals (after Hungary, Romania, and Poland) among nations that have never hosted the Games. The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Cuban Olympic Committee ( Spanish : Comité Olímpico Cubano ), established in 1926 and recognized by the International ...
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 ...
Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the Biden administration, and as the island's ...
As a 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 14-year-old, Juantorena was first considered a potential star at basketball; he was sent to a state basketball school, [5] and was a member of the national team. [1] Meanwhile, he had been a regional high-school champion at 800 and 1500 meters. [6]
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would once again restrict financial transactions with many Cuban military- and government-linked entities, just weeks ...