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1513 After Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish explorer, helped conquer what is now the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, he secured a commission to conquer and colonize the island of "Bimini", an…Elián González, 2000 News
6, returned to Cuba in June after the Supreme Court declined to hear an emergency appeal filed by the boy's Miami relatives, who desperately tried to keep the boy in the U.S. The event ended…Daisy Fuentes
A Cuban-American model and personalty, Daisy Fuentes was one of the most visible MTV stars of the 1990s. Born in Havana, Cuba, Daisy Fuentes went to high school in New Jersey and got her start…Elián and the Cold War
Elián González, a young Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube off the Florida coast in Nov. 1999, became the subject of an international dispute between the U.S. and Cuba. The boy's…Oscar Hijuelos
Oscar Hijuelos was the Cuban-American writer who won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his 1990 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. His parents were Cuban immigrants to New York City, where…Oscar Hijuelos Biography
Oscar HijuelosWriterBorn: 1951Birthplace: New York City Oscar Hijuelos is the first Hispanic to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A second-generation Cuban American, Hijuelos grew up in New…Robert Bradley HAWLEY, Congress, TX (1849-1921)
HAWLEY Robert Bradley , a Representative from Texas; born in Memphis, Tenn., October 25, 1849; attended the public schools and the Christian Brothers' College, Memphis, Tenn.; moved to Galveston,…Gloria Estefan Biography
Gloria Estefan(Gloria Fajardo)musicianBorn: 9/1/1957Birthplace: Havana, Cuba Cuban-American singer, founder of the Miami Sound Machine, and perhaps the most successful performer to cross over from…Andy Garcia Biography
Andy Garcia (Andres Arturo Garcia-Menendez)actorBorn: 4/12/1956Birthplace: Havana, Cuba Cuban-American actor whose smoldering good looks have helped establish him as a favorite Hollywood leading…Andy Garcia
Name at birth: Andrés Arturo Garcia-MenendezMovie star Andy Garcia is a Cuban American leading man known especially for his Oscar-nominated role as Vincent Mancini, the hot-headed nephew from Francis…Trending
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