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Cuba

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Cuba. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Cuba's geography, history, government, economy, population, culture, religion…

Notable Figures in Cuba

Raul Castro, president of Cuba. Source: Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate via AP Biographies by Category: Athletes Film, Television, and Theater Personalities Leaders and Activists…

Cuba Map

Cuba Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics Caribbean Map Map…

Brewer's: Cuba

The Roman deity who kept guard over infants in their cribs and sent them to sleep. Verb cubo, to lie down in bed. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CubeCub A…

Cuba Primer

  Find facts and the history of Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations, biographies of notable Cubans, information about the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, travel to Cuba, and more   Tension between…

Cuba

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cuba Cuba ky&oomacr;ˈbə, Span. k&oomacr;ˈbä [key], officially Republic of Cuba, republic…

U.S.-Cuba Relations

Tension in the Caribbean With only 90 miles separating them, Cuba and the United States have shared, at worst, a tumultuous history and, at best, an uneasy relationship. All the way back…

Cuba: Photo Slideshow

photos by Carol M. Highsmith Prev Next Havana, Cuba The capital and Cuba's largest city, Havana boasts more than 2.5 million inhabitants. Havana is also one of the America's…

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

His performance as high-maintenance NFL star Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire (1996) made Cuba Gooding, Jr. a star. ("Show me the money!" -- Tidwell's demand of his agent, played by Tom Cruise -- became…

Velázquez, Diego de

(Encyclopedia) Velázquez, Diego deVelázquez, Diego devəlăsˈkwĭz, Span. dyāˈgō dā vāläthˈkāth [key], c.1460–1524?, Spanish conquistador, first governor of Cuba, b. Cuéllar, Spain. He sailed with…