Cuba is far more than its headlines. This section explains, in English, the traditions, symbols and people that shape Cuban life on the island and across the diaspora, from the numbers of the bolita to the songs everyone’s grandparents still know by heart.
Start with our complete guide to the Cuban charada and its 100 numbers, discover the Letter of the Year and find out why the flags of Cuba and Puerto Rico look alike. Music lovers can revisit Compay Segundo and Pablo Milanés, and film fans will enjoy our list of the best Cuban movies.
Cinema arrived in Cuba in the early 20th century but reached its peak in the decade from 1959 to 1969. Those years are known as the golden age of Cuban cinema. There is a list of Cuban films that remain indelible in the collective memory of the nation. It is an extensive list that has…
Cuba is a country of beautiful landscapes and warm people. Internationally we are also known as a nation blessed by the beauty and diversity of our women. We wanted to create a list – infinitely expandable, we know – of beautiful Cuban girls with a remarkable public projection. No, it’s not just beautiful faces and…
In Cuba, eating beef has always been a problem. Although people with health vulnerabilities or children, receive through the supply book a diet of just under 1 kg of beef per month, access to this fiber has always been difficult. In fact, Cubans prefer not to mention the word “beef” because they know that they…
Every Cuban charada number from 1 to 100 in English, with the Spanish word, an A–Z dream dictionary to find the number for what you dreamed, and how la bolita turns a Florida drawing into fijo, corridos and parlé.
Cuban singer Suylen Milanés, daughter of Pablo Milanés, died this Sunday, January 30, at 5:20 a.m., in Havana, at the age of 50, due to a cerebral edema. Suylen had been in the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery for several days and was reported serious and brain dead, after suffering a stroke last Thursday,…