For the next 45 years, the New York City filmmaker made regular trips to the island, documenting post-revolution Cuba through the daily lives of three… Castro’s funeral procession retraces ...
In March, massive protests broke out in Santiago, Bayamo, El Cobre and other ... The priest Pedro Reyes describes post-Castro Cuba as “a revolution of ruins, dirt and misery.” ...
There were unconfirmed reports that the demonstrations then spread to other cities on the Caribbean island, including Bayamo, but not the capital, Havana. Cuba ... of the revolution and ...
The Temporary Working Group in charge of the National Program for the Advancement of Women meets every month to follow up on ...
The need for reform soon gave way to the need for revolution. Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and formed the ...
Son of Ángel Milanés and Conchita Arias, Milanés was born on February 24, 1943, in Bayamo, Oriente province, now Granma province, Cuba ... standard bearer of the revolution, not of the government.