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Mexico, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia) Mexico, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.700,000 sq mi (1,813,000 sq km), SE North America. The Gulf stretches more than 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from west to east and c.800 mi (1,290…

Ostend Manifesto

(Encyclopedia) Ostend Manifesto, document drawn up in Oct., 1854, at Ostend, Belgium, by James Buchanan, American minister to Great Britain, John Y. Mason, minister to France, and Pierre Soulé,…

Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio

(Encyclopedia) Batista y Zaldívar, FulgencioBatista y Zaldívar, Fulgenciof&oomacr;lhĕnˈsēō bätēˈstä ē säldēˈvär [key], 1901–73, president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59). An army sergeant, Batista…

Habana

(Encyclopedia) Habana: see Havana, Cuba.

La Habana

(Encyclopedia) La Habana, Cuba: see Havana.

Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Miguel

(Encyclopedia) Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Miguel, 1960–, Cuban political leader. Trained as an electrical engineer, he served (1982–85) as a radio specialist in the armed forces and taught at the Villa…

rum

(Encyclopedia) rum, spirituous liquor made from fermented sugarcane products. Prepared by fermentation, distillation, and aging, it is made from the molasses and foam that rise to the top of boiled…

Varona y Pera, Enrique José

(Encyclopedia) Varona y Pera, Enrique JoséVarona y Pera, Enrique Joséānrēˈkā hōsāˈ värōˈnä ē pāˈrä [key], 1849–1933, Cuban philosopher and vice president of Cuba (1913–17). Varona was a professor at…

Maestra, Sierra

(Encyclopedia) Maestra, Sierra, mountains, Cuba: see Sierra Maestra.