Matanzas Province
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Matanzas is one of the provinces of Cuba. Major towns in the province include Cárdenas, Colón, Jovellanos and the capital of the same name, Matanzas. The resort town of Varadero is also located in thi
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Cuba
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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Cari
Matanzas Province
…refineries, supertanker facilities, and 21 sugar mills to process the harvests of the fields of sugarcane in the province. The second largest province in Cuba, Matanzas is largely flat, with its highest point (Pan de Matanzas) at only 380m above sea level. The northwestern coast is largely rocky, with a few…
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes is known as Father of the Homeland in Cuba, having declared its independence from Spain in 1868. Céspedes was killed by Spanish troops in 1874.
Human remains from the Cuban War of Independence after the Spanish reconcentration policy, 1898
The Pentarchy of 1933. Fulgencio Batista, who controlled the armed forces, appears at far right