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Havana was furnished with the fortress of Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro to deter potential invaders, which included the English privateer Francis Drake, who sailed within sight of Havana harbour but did not disembark on the island.
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Anderson operated three Havana automobile service stations and was commander of the Havana American Legion post before it disbanded since the start of Fidel Castro's regime.
McNair, 25, was seized March 20 with four Cubans and accused of trying to land a boatload of rifles in Pinar Del Rio, about 35 miles from Havana.
Russian tanks and artillery parading through the streets of Havana, Russian intrigue in the Congo, and Russian arms drops in Laos ( using the same Ilyushin transports that were used to carry Communist agents to the Congo ) made it plain once more that the cold war was all of a piece in space and time.
Havana was filled with an excitement which you could see in the brightness of men's eyes and hear in the pitch of their voices.
Rumors flew from lip to lip that Fidel Castro was on his way to Havana, coming from the mountains where he had fought Batista for five years.
I was full of hope as Fidel Castro came into Havana.
Cuba and Puerto Rico, reached tremendous levels of development and wealth, to the point that Spain's First Train was between Havana and Camaguey, and the world's first telegraph was in Puerto Rico, as Samuel Morse lived there with his daughter, married to a Puerto Rican businessman.
In 1930 Schueg opened the art deco Bacardi building in Havana and the third generation of the Bacardí family was entering the business.
The act was aimed primarily at Havana Club brand in the US, which was created by the José Arechebala company which was confiscated without compensation in the Cuban revolution.
Havana Club was not a Bacardi brand, though Bacardi later bought the brand from the original owners, the Arechabala family, who had it seized from them by the Revolutionary Government without compensation.
Facing increased competition in the rum market from the now international brand Havana Club, the company concluded that it was important for sales to associate its rum with Cuba.
In 1762, Havana was briefly occupied by Great Britain, before being returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
In 1514, a settlement was founded in what was to become Havana.
One such reservation was Guanabacoa, which is today a suburb of Havana.
Though Havana, which had become the third-largest city in the Americas, was to enter an era of sustained development and closening ties with North America during this period, the British occupation of the city proved short-lived.
Less than a year after Havana was seized, the Peace of Paris was signed by the three warring powers, ending the Seven Years ' War.
On 18 July 2007 it was reported that Cuba will receive 100 urban buses from Belarus before years end, destined for use in Havana.
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Other FBI men, talking with the pilot from the tower, conspired with him to delay the proposed flight to Havana.
* 1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
The Cuban government in partnership with French company Pernod Ricard, sells its Havana Club internationally, except for the United States and its territories.
Havana Club is owned by the Cuban government and has a business joint venture with the French company Pernod Ricard.
While the rail infrastructure dates from colonial and early republican times, passenger service along the principal Havana to Santiago corridor is increasingly reliable and popular with tourists who can purchase tickets in Cuban convertible pesos.
As with most public transport in Cuba, the vehicles used are second hand, and the flagship Tren Francés (" French train ") between Havana and Santiago de Cuba is operated by coaches originally used in Europe between Paris and Amsterdam on the ex-TEE express.
* the Autopista Nacional ( A1 ) from Havana to Santa Clara and Sancti Spiritus, with additional short sections near Santiago and Guantanamo
In another move, which would destroy Hispaniola's sugar industry, in 1561 Havana, more strategically located in relation to the Gulf Stream, was selected as the designated stopping point for the merchant flotas, which had a royal monopoly on commerce with the Americas.
* Many hotels in Havana also add Angostura bitters to cut the sweetness of the Mojito ; while icing sugar is often muddled with the mint leaves rather than cane sugar, and many establishments simply use sugar syrup to control sweetness.
It interrupted electrical telegraph service and caused visible aurorae as far south as Havana, Hawaii, and Rome with similar activity in the southern hemisphere.
While staying with Hemingway at his villa in San Francisco de Paula in Havana, Cuba, Gardner once swam alone with no bathing suit in his pool.
To monitor whether the returned Cubans are subjected to persecution, the U. S. Interest Section in Havana, in cooperation with international organizations, maintains follow-up contact with the returned Cubans.
Instead of concentrating his next attack on Havana with the intention of conquering Cuba, as expected, Vernon depart again to New Granada to attack Cartagena de Indias, the main port of the Viceroyalty and main point of the Indian fleet to the Iberian Peninsula.
The advantage lay with Bitish when one Spanish warship ran aground and another was captured but the Briish commander failed to capitalise and the Spanish fleet took shelter in Havana.
Cast of an American cabaret A Little Tribute Westward with Helena Mattsson and Wild Side Story # Additional showings 2002 – 2004 | Patrik Hont do " Havana for a Night " at the Blue Moon Bar in Stockholm in 2003.
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The fortress of Morro Castle ( fortress ) | El Morro in Havana, built in 1589.
He also long expressed an interest in putting a casino in the elegant Hotel Nacional, which overlooked El Morro, the ancient fortress guarding Havana harbor.
* Morro Castle ( fortress ), a fortress guarding Havana Bay, Cuba
Morro Castle is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba.
The British expedition against Cuba under Lord Albemarle landed in Cojimar to the east of Havana and attacked the fortress from its landward side.
Image: Ship passing the El Morro fortress in Havana. jpg | Cargo ship passing the El Morro fortress.
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* Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, at the entrance to Havana
Eliseo Castillo ( born April 29, 1975 in Havana, Cuba ) is a professional boxer.
In the early 1950s, Cuban brothers and musicians Cesar ( Armand Assante ) and Nestor Castillo ( Antonio Banderas ) flee from Havana, Cuba after getting into a violent dispute with the mobster owners of a club where they performed.
Morro Castle in Havana shares the name with other structures in Santiago de Cuba and the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
This was given in recognition for a heroic last stand in the Castillo del Morro of Havana, Cuba against a British expedition in 1762.
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