Cuba – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:17:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Cuba – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 ‘Costumbrismo’ and Three Kings Day in 19th-Century Havana https://brewminate.com/costumbrismo-and-three-kings-day-in-19th-century-havana/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:17:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245071 Colonial Cuban society in 1850. By Dr. Tamara Díaz CalcañoProfessor of Art History & HumanitiesUniversidad de Puerto Rico

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Economic Disaster: Communism Is Collapsing in Cuba https://brewminate.com/economic-disaster-communism-is-collapsing-in-cuba/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:16:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245125 The heirs of Fidel Castro are in trouble. By Dr. Joseph J. GonzalezAssociate Professor, Global StudiesAppalachian State University

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Making the Cuban Revolution Chic: A Portrait of Journalist Carlos Franqui https://brewminate.com/making-the-cuban-revolution-chic-a-portrait-of-journalist-carlos-franqui/ Tue, 16 May 2023 14:04:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200096 He became the propaganda chief or de facto minister of information of the July 26th Movement. He was,

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Why the Situation in Cuba Is Deteriorating https://brewminate.com/why-the-situation-in-cuba-is-deteriorating/ Tue, 16 May 2023 14:04:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=210085 The authoritarian regime has failed to avert an economic crisis and repair decaying state institutions. Introduction Cuba’s communist

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Cuba’s Post-Revolution Architecture: Building More with Less https://brewminate.com/cubas-post-revolution-architecture-building-more-with-less/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:22:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167602 Construction plans were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.

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Traveling Brew: Giving Birth to a Bold Blend with Cuban Espresso https://brewminate.com/traveling-brew-giving-birth-to-a-bold-blend-with-cuban-espresso/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:01:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=158271 Drinking café cubano remains a prominent social and cultural activity in Cuba and in Cuban-American communities. Curated/Reviewed by

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Facing Down Khrushchev: The Cuban Missile Crisis https://brewminate.com/facing-down-khrushchev-the-cuban-missile-crisis/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:32:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=120029 Russians refer to the event as the “Caribbean Crisis.” Cubans refer to it as the “October Crisis.” Introduction

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Rum, Hookers, and Smuggling: The Secret Story of Coolidge’s Visit to Cuba https://brewminate.com/rum-hookers-and-smuggling-the-secret-story-of-coolidges-visit-to-cuba/ Sat, 11 May 2019 17:48:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=94301 By Christopher Woolf In 2016, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Cuba since Calvin

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El Ñáñigo: A Spirit Dancer Of Afro-Cuba https://brewminate.com/el-nanigo-a-spirit-dancer-of-afro-cuba/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:38:21 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=90295 Attention to detail has led some scholars and historians to read the image for its value as an

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Walker Evans’s Havana, through an Architect’s Lens https://brewminate.com/walker-evanss-havana-through-an-architects-lens/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:49:06 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=50213 People in Downtown Havana / Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art By Jessica Portner / 07.18.2011 Editorial Manager

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