Cuba – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:45:19 +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 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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Restoring Old Havana https://brewminate.com/restoring-old-havana/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:14:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=99572 Preserving place and building community in Cuba’s capital. Originally published by ESRI, republished with permission for ecuational, non-commercial

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Fidel Castro and the Revolution That (Almost) Wasn’t https://brewminate.com/fidel-castro-and-the-revolution-that-almost-wasnt/ Sat, 11 May 2019 17:48:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=94305 At first, the Cuban revolution seemed doomed to fail. Sixty years ago, Fidel Castro launched an audacious bid to liberate

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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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