Cuba

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Cuba

• Evelin
• Ms.Abreu-3rd Grade

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capital

• The capital of Cuba is Havana.

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Location

• Cuba is located in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic
  Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

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Foods

• Congrí - a combination of rice and red kidney
  beans.
• Frijoles Negros Dormidos - very thick cooked
  black beans.
• Lechón Asado en Púa - broiled pork cooked on a
  skewer over an open fire.
• Moros y Cristianos - white rice and black beans.

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Foods

• Picadillo a la Habanera - a mincemeat dish Havana
  style.
• Pollo a la Barbacoa, barbecued chicken cooked
  over an open fire.
• Tachinos, Chatinos or Tostones - fried unripe
  sliced bananas.
• Tamales, Bacanes or Ayacas - tender kernel corn
  in corn meal wraps. 

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Additional information

• Cuba is the largest and westernmost of the
  island and Cuba to prography and climate are
  suitables for various crops,but
• Sugarcane has been dominat since the aerly light
  cent cuba is one party communist state .Cuban
  foodblack beans,
• White yellow nice citnes maliuades ,garlic
• And fried sliced banana plantain fammus
• for Cuba mojo sauce which is garlic and olive oil
• Together meat rousted.

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Special Holidays

• Independence Day (1 January) commemorates the
  revolution of 1958 to 1959 it is preceded by New
  Years Eve (31 December) festivities. Other
  holidays are Labor Day (1 May), the Anniversary
  of the Attack on the Moncada Garrison in Santiago
  de Cuba in 1953 (26 July), and the Beginning of
  the War of Independence from Spain (10 October).
  Mothers Day (second Sunday in May) is widely
  observed.

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Special Holidays

• They did not celebrate Christmas from 1969 until
  1998.
• When Pope John Paul II visited Cuba, Fidel Castro
  put the holiday back in.

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