VIDEO: President Obama Makes Statement on Cuba (UPDATED)
Key Components of the Updated Policy Approach: Since taking office in 2009, President Obama has taken steps aimed at supporting the ability of the Cuban people to gain greater control over their own...
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Monday Open Thread: Christmas Traditions around the World
Christmas in Cuba Christmas or Nochebuena in Cuba used to be a big celebration. Families gathered and shared a special “Cena de Navidad” at 9:00 pm. After dinner, the Catholic population -almost the...
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Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! To kick off President Obama’s historical trip to Cuba, enjoy the sounds of Mario Bauza and His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra… Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was...
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Monday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
GOOD MONDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! This week, we’ll take a look at a few notable Afro-Cuban political figures. ANTONIO MACEO GRAJALES (1845-1896) Lt. General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales (June...
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Tuesday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! We continue our series on Afro-Cuban MARIANA GRAJALES COELLO “Mother of Cuba” (1808-1893) Born on June 26, 1808 in the city of Santiago de Cuba, Mariana Grajales Cuello is best...
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Wednesday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
HAPPY HUMP DAY, P.O.U.! Juan Gualberto Gómez (1854-1933) Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer (July 12, 1854 – March 5, 1933) was an Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence against...
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Thursday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! Martín Morúa Delgado (1856-1910) Born in 1856, Martín Morúa Delgado gained prominence as an Afro-Cuban writer and Cuba’s first black Senate president after the country’s war for...
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Friday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
HAPPY FRIDAY, P.O.U.! EVARISTO ESTENOZ Evaristo Estenoz was one of the central leaders in the black rebellion that took place in Cuba in 1912. Probably born in Santiago de Cuba, Evaristo Estenoz...
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Saturday Open Thread: Afro-Cuban Political Figures
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! GENERAL QUINTIN BANDERA (1834-1906) (Photo: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1907))...
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Digging Deeper: Fidel Castro – Hero or Villain?
With the death of Fidel Castro comes varied reactions and opinions about him. Some celebrate his death, while others mourn. Some see him as a murderous dictator, while others see him as a...
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