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US-SPORTS Summary...governments. They said who won or lost was less important than the fact that for five days in Havana, Americans and Cubans played a game they both loved and in the process found they were not enemies as they had long been led to... In this article: Derek Dorsett, James Neal, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, John Grabow, Chicago Cubs, Antonio Pierce, Orlando Magic, Dubai, and Havana |
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washingtonpost.com | 11 hours ago
Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked
...forced her into a car and hit her repeatedly in a brief detention on November 6. Reinaldo Escobar, also a blogger, said he had gone to a Havana intersection hoping that state security agents would respond to a challenge he issued earlier...
In this article: Barack Obama, Cuba, United States, Time Magazine, Twitter, and Reuters
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AP Online | 13 hours ago
Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger
...roughed up his wife to a street corner debate. As he promised earlier on his blog, Reinaldo Escobar went to the intersection of Havana's 23rd and G avenues for the proposed discussion. On Thursday, Escobar's wife posted President Barack...
In this article: Raul Castro, Barack Obama, Cuba, Culprit, and Time Magazine
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San Jose Mercury News | 13 hours ago
Havana dance-music band Septeto Nacional makes first U.S. visit in 76 years
...a rural style created by troubadours in Santiago into urbane Hanava dance music. Along with Sexteto Habanero, their main rivals in Havana, Pineiro's band introduced clarion vocal harmonies and sophisticated orchestration while retaining...
In this article: Septeto Nacional, Ignacio Pineiro, Raspa, U.S., San Francisco, State Department, Cuba, and George Gershwin
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In this article: David Beckham, FIFA, Derek Dorsett, James Neal, Landon Donovan, John Grabow, Chicago Cubs, U.S., and World Cup
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Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger
...saying only that they came "through official channels," a possible reference to the U.S. Interests Section, which Washington maintains in Havana instead of an embassy. Sanchez then prepared seven questions for President Castro, turning in a...
In this article: Barack Obama, Cuba, Raul Castro, Washington, United States, and House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Obama praises dissident Cuban blogger Sanchez
...to exercise their full potential." Obama's comments broke no new ground on U.S. policy toward Cuba. Relations between Washington and Havana soured after Fidel Castro came to power in a 1959 revolution and were further strained when he...
In this article: Barack Obama, Cuba, United States, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, U.S. State Department, Washington, and Time Magazine
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 06, 2009
Havana and all that jazz
...under the dashboard. The friendly driver worries that being a Sunday, there will be no one at the Convento Santa Clara in Havana Vieja (old Havana) where I'm due to meet the other course members. He goes in first to make sure I won't be...
In this article: Cuba, Chevrolet, Lonely Planet, and Linda Lewis
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Havana-born city commissioner elected Miami mayor
MIAMI (AP) - A Havana-born commissioner and former television reporter has won the Miami mayor's race. With all of the precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Tomas Regalado had 72 percent and Joe Sanchez's had 28 percent of the...
In this article: Miami, Florida and Manny Diaz
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Havana (Spanish: HAV.ogg|, IPA: [la aˈβana], officially Ciudad de La Habana,) is the capital city, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city is one of the 14 Cuban provinces. The city/province has 2.4 million inhabitants, and the urban area over 3.7 million, making Havana the largest city in both Cuba and the Caribbean region. The city extends mostly westward and southward from the bay, which is entered through a narrow inlet and which divides into three main harbours: Marimelena, Guanabacoa, and Atarés. The sluggish Almendares River traverses the city from south to north, entering the Straits of Florida a few miles west of the bay. In 1959 the city halted its growth, and since then has suffered a net loss of living units, despite its population increase.
King Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City in 1592 and a royal decree in 1634 recognized its importance by officially designated as the "Key to the New World and Rampart of the West Indies". Havana's coat of arms carries this inscription. The Spaniards began building fortifications, and in 1553 they transferred the governor's residence to Havana from Santiago de Cuba on the eastern end of the island, thus making Havana the de facto capital. The importance of harbour fortifications was early recognized as English, French, and Dutch sea marauders attacked the city in the 16th century. The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana's harbor in 1898 was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American War.
Present day Havana is the center of the Cuban government, and various ministries and headquarters of businesses are based there.
- Name:
- Havana
- Local Name:
- La Habana
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1515
- Total Area (km):
- 721.01
- Elevation (ft):
- 194
- Elevation (m):
- 59
- Urban Population:
- 2,700,200
- Time Zone:
- EST
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