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  Cuba-Junky | Santiago de Cuba Province
It is bounded on the west by Granma Province, on the north by Holguin Province and on the east by Guantanamo Province.
Santiago de Cuba is a tourist destination combining many values and atractions, which enables visitors to come into contact with the distinguishing characteristics of its people and the culture and history of the province while, at the same time, enjoying its exotic beaches and other well conserved natural attraction.
This place is in the Mella municipality, in the province of Santiago de Cuba and was declared a National Monument on October 10th of 1978 due to its significance in the struggles for independence.
www.cuba-junky.com /santiago-de-cuba/index.htm   (2531 words)

  
 Santiago de Cuba Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santiago de Cuba Providence is the second most populated province in the island of Cuba.
It has a population of approximately 1.2 million; the largest city Santiago de Cuba (554,000) is the main administrative center.
Santiago de Cuba province has been the site of many battles, both during the war for independence and the 1959 Cuban Revolution, where much of the guerrilla fighting took place in the mountainous province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba_Province   (266 words)

  
 Cuba-Junky | Santiago de Cuba City
The Capital of Santiago de Cuba Province, which has one of the first seven settlements that the Europeans founded in Cuba early in the 16th century, is one of the most pitoresque on the island.
Moreover, Santiago de Cuba city with the greatest Caribbean flavor and Cartagena, Colombia, are the only Latin American cities to have recieved the Golden Apple Award presented by the International Federation of Travel Writers and Journalists (FIJET) in recognation of their exceptionally high quality and excellent conditions as tourist destination.
Santiago's Carnival is the most famous in Cuba, and this small museum, in one of the oldest houses on Calle Heredia, aims to give visitors some historical perspective.
www.cuba-junky.com /santiago-de-cuba/santiago-de-cuba-city-home.htm   (3100 words)

  
 Vol. 4 No. 1: Reemergence of Dengue in Cuba: A 1997 Epidemic in Santiago de Cuba
Reemergence of Dengue in Cuba: A 1997 Epidemic in Santiago de Cuba
The municipality is located in Santiago de Cuba province, in the eastern part of the country, and has several risk factors for the reemergence of dengue: limited water supply, inadequate eradication efforts, high vector infestation, and increasing migration of people from Latin American and Caribbean disease-endemic countries to the municipality.
Taking into account these facts, Cuba maintains its policy of vector eradication and recommends an exerted effort in the American region to prevent a recurrence of dengue similar to the one in Southeast Asia, where DHF/DSS is the leading cause of hospitalization and death among children (18).
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol4no1/kouri.htm   (2478 words)

  
 Santiago de cuba
Located in the eastern part of Cuba, Santiago is one of the provinces with the largest population : more than a million inhabitants, yet one of the smallest in extension, with only 6170 square kilometers (including its keys), of which 67% are mountainous.
The territory presently occupied by Santiago de Cuba was part of the old Oriente province, which became a province of its own when the new political administrative division was introduced, in 1976.
Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city in Cuba and was the capital until 1553.
www.geocities.com /santiago_de_cuba2001   (473 words)

  
 Musical Atlas of Cuba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The son, urbanized in and exported to the world as salsa from Havana, originated in Santiago de Cuba as rural son.
In 1953, a Santiago de Cuba army installation was the object of an abortive attack by forces under Fidel Castro, marking the beginning of his ultimately successful revolution.
Appropriately, the province is associated with socially-conscious nueva trova and lays claim to being the source of guajira music.
www.pbs.org /buenavista/music/a_santiago-de-cuba.html   (158 words)

  
 Cuba Junky - Santiago de Cuba
t is bounded on the west by Granma Province, on the north by Holguin Province and on the east by Guantanamo Province.
antiago de Cuba is a tourist destination combining many values and atractions, which enables visitors to come into contact with the distinguishing characteristics of its people and the culture and history of the province while, at the same time, enjoying its exotic beaches and other well conserved natural attraction.
rom thehistoric-cultural point of view, many aspects of this province which is known as the cradle of the son and of the bolero and where traditional ballads and choral expressions are deeply rooted are unique.
www.xs4all.nl /~verlaan1/santiago-de-cuba   (1072 words)

  
 Santiago de Cuba's turistic maps and information
The Eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, founded like a village on 1514 by the Spaniards, later had the honor of being the first capital of the Island and figures today like one of the more attractive tourist zones of the country.
Rival city of Havana in all relative to Literature, music and policy, Santiago de Cuba is considered the "cradle of the revolution", because of the fundamental paper that it carried out at the moment for overthrowing to the Batista regime.
Excellent tourist facilities and the permanent smile assure a happy stay in this Eastern province, in which to request a "macho asado” (roasted pork) is to be able to savor the most exquisite baking of the pork in Cuba, while one cold beer in the middle of the characteristic santiaguero heat hurries.
www.rentaencuba.com /en/mapas_santiago_de_cuba.htm   (388 words)

  
 Santiago de Cuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba is located on the south-east of the island, some 540 miles east south-east of Havana.
Santiago de Cuba was founded by Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on June 28, 1514.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santiago_de_Cuba   (639 words)

  
 Against terrorism, in defense of humanity:an appeal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Santiago de Cuba, Jan 17 (AIN) Cuba has exported 624 tons of certified organic coffee in the last 4 years, confirming its strategy to diversify and broaden markets with high quality products.
The project is managed by the Central Station of Coffee and Cocoa Research based in the Tercer Frente municipality in eastern Santiago de Cuba province.
Pascual Caro, head of the national project said that some 4,500 hectares are dedicated to organic coffee, representing 5.5 percent of the total surface area of coffee plants in the country.
www.embacubalebanon.com /coffee.html   (279 words)

  
 Cuba Luxury Hotels .com - Santiago de Cuba City,El Cobre Sanctuary,Valle de la Prehistoria and Parque Baconao,La Gran ...
The province is 2382 square miles (610 square kilometers) in size and is bounded by the sea and the Sierra Maestra Mountains, with include Turquino Park, the highest point (6476 fett, or 1974 meters, above sea level) in Cuba.
During the 17th century Santiago was besieged by pirates from France and England, leading to the construction of the Castillo del Morro, still intact and now housing the piracy museum.
Because of its location, Santiago has been the scene of many migratory exchanges with other countries; it was the first city in Cuba to receive African slaves, many French fled here from the slaves’ insurrection in Haiti in the 18th century and Jamaicans have also migrated here from the neighbouring island.
www.cubaluxuryhotels.com /santiago-de-cuba.htm   (1379 words)

  
 CUBA. Current prisoners of conscience must be released / Amnesty International - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
Prisoners of conscience in Cuba are normally imprisoned because of their attempts to exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.
Leonardo Varona González, aged 24, an affiliate of Santiago Press, an independent news agency in the province of Santiago de Cuba, was detained on 2 October 1998 in Holguín and charged with "desacato", "disrespect".
According to the official charge document, an arsenal of arms was found in the province in which the two men were detained, but it was not found in their possession.
www.cubanet.org /CNews/y99/dec99/06e21.htm   (7004 words)

  
 Cuba is not changing, Castro says / Reuters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After voting in Santiago de Cuba province, where he is standing for reelection for one of the National Assembly seats, Castro told reporters the capitalist world was "in crisis.'' He cited the economic problems affecting Far Eastern states and their repercussions in international stock markets.
He was speaking at El Cobre just outside Santiago de Cuba city, within sight of the Sierra Maestra mountains where he launched the 1959 Cuban Revolution that brought him to power.
At similar one-party polls held in Cuba in 1993, the government announced a voter turnout of nearly 97.6 percent.
www.fiu.edu /~fcf/cubanotchanging11298.html   (569 words)

  
 Cuba Santiago de Cuba - Specific local history, famous people, important events and much more.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The homonym capital city of the Santiago de Cuba province was founded by Diego Velázquez in 1515, by the mouth of river
During the first half of the 16th century, Santiago de Cuba was the capital of the country and official residence of the Spanish governors; from 1553 on, Havana took its place.
Santiago de Cuba proudly bears the title of Hero City of the Republic of Cuba.
www.cuba-santiagodecuba.com /en/history.asp   (358 words)

  
 Náutica de Cuba. General information: Santiago de Cuba Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The preparations for the independence struggle of this century are shown in the 26 de Julio Historical Museum-the former Moncada Garrison-, the Granjita Siboney and the Lucha Clandestina.
Particularly known for its colorful carnivals that combines the Chinese cornet with the French rumba and boisterous frolic, the province is also characterized by its inhabitants' hospitality that has earned it the name of Capital of the Caribbean and birthplace of Daiquirí, one of the ten most famous cocktails on earth.
The Valle de la Prehistoria (Valley of Prehistory) is another attraction that shows 200 life-size stone sculpture representing the fauna that dwelled the planet millions of years ago.
www.nautica.cubasi.cu /fijas1/datosstgo1.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Trips Worldwide - Cuba
The city of Cienfuegos overlooks the picturesque Bahia de Cienfuegos on the Caribbean coast and is a bustling town with wide French-style boulevards running down to the port that are a legacy of French refugees who moved here from Louisiana in 1819.
Santiago is Cuba's second city and the birthplace of the revolution.
Parque Cespedes is at the heart of Santiago de Cuba and makes a good base to explore the cities myriad of narrow lanes and sites of interest as well as the surrounding countryside.
www.tripsworldwide.co.uk /Holidays/Caribbean/cuba1.html   (734 words)

  
 Cuba: Prisoners of conscience: 71 longing for freedom - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In addition, in April 2000 the Cuban Government began implementing a de facto moratorium on executions, which was broken in April 2003 with the execution of three men convicted of hijacking a tugboat to leave the island, in which no one was harmed.
At the dissident trials in April 2003 some attorneys were reportedly denied access to the defendant or only given access five minutes before the trial and were thus unable to prepare their defence, and in some cases the right to choose a defence lawyer was completely denied.
In Cuba, infractions of internal prison rules may be punished with lengthy periods in solitary confinement, sometimes in celdas tapiadas, "walled-in cells".
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAMR250022005   (4160 words)

  
 Cuba: Santiago de Cuba Hotels In Cuba, Hoteles en Cuba by province.
Cuba Santiago de Cuba was founded in 1515 by Governor Diego Velázquez.
When visiting Santiago de Cuba, be sure to stroll through its streets, to see the friendship and contagious enthusiasm of the people who live here.
Magical Santiago de Cuba was the birthplace of the bolero, the conga and the son.
www.travels2cuba.com /destinos/santiagodecuba.asp   (315 words)

  
 Cuba Junky - Santiago de Cuba Hotel
Santiago de Cuba is undoubtly among the country's most important tourist resorts.
Santiago de Cuba's beaches are its main attractions, for the climate is wonderful, they are relatively close to the city and in a beautiful setting, they are very safe and many services are available to guests.
The hotel, constructed in 1991, is located in one of the most elegant areas of Santiago de Cuba.
www.xs4all.nl /~verlaan1/santiago-de-cuba/santiago-de-cuba-hotel.htm   (565 words)

  
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It was difficult to mobilize forces from one province to another and from one jurisdiction to another.
In 1975 [as heard] military revolts occurred in some regions, such as the one in Laguna de Varona, at the precise moment when Maximo Comes was invading Las Villas Province and needed reinforcements to continue the military operations.
Despite the fact that the patriots had approved a decree establishing the death penalty for all those who talked about peace proposals in the ranks, such conditions were created that even that decree was abolished and contacts were made that led to subsequent steps by virtue of which that agreement was reached.
www1.lanic.utexas.edu /la/cb/cuba/castro/1978/19780315   (10190 words)

  
 History of Cuba: 1959 thru 1979
Cuba's Constitution of 1940 is reinstated (it was suspended by General Batista after his coup in 1952).
In a speech given in Santiago de Cuba, Castro reiterates the peaceful overtures made to the US in the July 6 interview in the New York Times.
Instead of the 6 provinces left over from Spanish rule (Pinar del Río, La Habana, Matanzas, Las Villas, Camagüey, Oriente) the island is divided into 14 provinces: Pinar del Rio, La Habana, City of La Habana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Santi Spiritus, Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantánamo.
www.historyofcuba.com /history/time/timetbl4.htm   (6120 words)

  
 LA NUEVA CUBA
Irovelio Hernández Inda was from Camagüey province and Reinaldo Daniel Ramos Ramírez was from Ciego de Avila province.
Executed in March 1999 for murdering a 56-year-old acquaintance in 1997 in Santiago de Cuba province.
A resident of Holguín province was reportedly sentenced to death in March 1999.
www.lanuevacuba.com /archivo/pena-de-muerte.htm   (879 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Municipal Tribunal in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba province, sanctioned last Tuesday, July 22nd, to 200 quotas of $5 pesos each, Heriberto Leiva Rodriguez, Vice President of the Youth for Democracy Movement and co-author of the "Project University Without Frontiers".
Leiva Rodriguez, who was accused of contempt by the Santiago de Cuba Tribunal, said that this time they used his statements in favor of Radames Garcia de la Vega during Radame's appeal last July 8th, against him.
Radamas Garcia de la Vega, on July 23rd, was summoned to begin a sentence of 18 months at one of the Santiago prisons.
www.cubafreepress.org /art/anp970726k.html   (194 words)

  
 Prof. Tod Frolking's Cuba May Term
Snorkeling at Caleta Buena near Playa Giron to the west of Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) in sourthern Matanzas Province.
A statue of Antonio Maceo, a hero of Cuba's prolonged insurrection against the Spanish in the mid to late 1800's, dominated the Plaza de Revolucion in Santiago de Cuba.
Cacti and dry scrub forest along the coast in Santiago de Cuba Province with the southern flank of the Sierra Maestra in view in background.
www.denison.edu /geology/frolking/cuba.html   (1554 words)

  
 Santiago de Cuba Province
The eastern province of Santiago is home to some of Cuba's most rugged terrain.
Cuba's second city is hot, hilly and exhausting, but at the same time seductively languid.
Yet Santiago has a singular vibrancy, its predominantly mulatto people, a mix of Spanish, French from Haiti and huge numbers of African slaves, are persistently friendly.
cubatravelusa.com /santiago_de_cuba_province1.htm   (261 words)

  
 THE TRAMWAYS OF CUBA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The capital of Santiago de Cuba Province is the island's second-largest city and is located on the east side of Santiago de Cuba Bay, 850 km (by rail) southeast of Havana.
The Compañía Eléctrica de Santiago, registered in Cuba in 1904, began construction of an electric tramway in 1906 and ordered 14 streetcars with trolley poles from Brill in Philadelphia in 1907.
All Santiago trams were small 4-wheel models, necessary to negotiate turns on the narrow streets.
www.tramz.com /cu/sc/sc.html   (680 words)

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