Local elections were held in Cuba on 21 October, 28 October and 31 October 2007. These elections are of national importance as they are the only direct elections in Cuba's political system, and because the municipal and provincial assemblies elect half the members of the National Assembly of People's Power, which in turn elects the President of Cuba.

Cuban jute

The Cuban black hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to Cuba and several outlying cays.

Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Animalia

An epidemic of optic and peripheral neuropathy occurred in Cuba during 1992-1993. According to a preliminary summary from the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP), there were 50,862 cases out of a population of 10.8 million. The etiology is likely nutritional deficiencies, particularly thiamine, compounded by toxic effects of alcohol and tobacco use.This marked a period of acute food shortage and changes in the Cuban basic diet where studies were done resulting in inconclusive hypothesis, example: the wide introduction of products based on unfermented soy beans affecting vitamin absorption.

Gray, 1840

Cuban blockade

Cuban america relations

Cuban amazon

Cuban newspapers

Gambusia punctata

M. nigra

Cuban mahogany

Cuban hogfish

IUCN3.1

Cuban boa

Cuban autonomous community movement

Cuban anarchism

C. typica

Cuban gambusia

The Cuban baseball league system is not a single baseball league; rather it is a structure of leagues and series that are governed by the Baseball Federation of Cuba and culminate in national championships and the selection of the Cuba national baseball team.The players are amateurs and play for the provinces in which they reside. All of the provinces in Cuba are represented by teams.

Rodentia

Grus cubensis

Cuban frigate Antonio Maceo (F302)

Cuban gnatcatcher

Cuban dogfish

Icterus melanopsis

Caprimulgus cubanensis

Cuban evening bat

Hip hop music arrived in Cuba via radio and TV broadcasts from Miami. During the 1980s hip hop culture in Cuba was mainly centred on breakdancing. But by the 1990s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the onset of the Special Period, young "raperos" were seeking ways to express their frustrations.

Cuvier, 1807

Cuban long-nosed toad

Cuban frigate Maximo Gomez (F303)

Cuban people

The Cuban blackbird (Dives atroviolaceus) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.Measuring 27 cm (11 in) long, this species has entirely black plumage with a slight violet sheen on the upperparts. The only non-black body part is the brown eye.It is endemic to Cuba, where it is widespread and common. It is entirely absent from the Isla de la Juventud and some of the offshore cays.Its natural habitats are lowland moist forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The Cuban flightless crane (Grus cubensis) is a large, extinct species of crane that was endemic to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. The remains were found in Pleistocene deposits in Pinar del Rio. Probably derived from an early invasion of sandhill cranes from North America, it differed from that species by, as well as larger size, having a proportionately broader bill, stockier legs, and with reduced wings and pectoral girdle indicating flightlessness.

B. gundlachii

Cuban health-care system

*(Formed via 1896 split of Cuban Giants)

The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a small species of crocodile found only in Cuba. Typical length is 2.1–2.3 m (6.9–7.5 ft) and typical weight 70–80 kg (150–180 lb). Large males can reach as much as 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and weigh more than 215 kg (474 lb). Despite its modest size, it is a highly aggressive animal, and potentially dangerous to humans.The Cuban crocodile is of interest to biologists for its unique physical and behavioral traits.

Cuban musical theatre has its own distinctive style and history. From the 18th century (at least) to modern times, popular theatrical performances included music and often dance as well. Many composers and musicians had their careers launched in the theatres, and many compositions got their first airing on the stage. In addition to staging some European operas and operettas, Cuban composers gradually developed ideas which better suited their creole audience.

The Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) also known as Cuban parrot or the rose-throated parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

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Law 59 or Cuban Civil Code is the legal body that regulates the main norms in legal matters such as Real Rights, Law of obligations, Contract law and inheritance law, in addition to the legal capacity of persons, natural and law, and some rules of Private International Law in the Republic of Cuba. It has four books and a few articles about principles of civil law.The National Assembly of People's Power passed the law in 1987. The previous code in force was the Spanish Civil Code. Since Cuba was one of the last colonies of Spain in America, it did not have the experience of make its own Civil Code until the second half of the twentieth century, contrary to what many Latin American nations did throughout the 19th century . The Spanish Code was ratified by the proclamation of January 1, 1899 of the United States Military Government intervening in the Island.The first 10 articles of the Civil Code determine a set of legal principles guiding the Law. The title of the first book is "Legal relation", and article 23 mentions the elements that comprise the Law, which are: the subjects that intervene in it, the object and the cause that generates it. The Second Book is titled "Property Rights" Article 129.1 states that "Ownership confers on the owner the possession, use, enjoyment and disposition of the goods, according to their socio-economic destiny". The "Rights of obligations and contracts" is the title of the Third Book of the Code. The last book of the Code is entitled "Law of Succession". Article 466 introduces the subject stating the following: "The right of succession comprises the set of rules that regulate the transfer of the estate of the deceased after his death"

Cuban blokade

Cuban model of healthcare

Cuban green woodpecker female.JPG

Chilonatalus micropus

Cuban motion is characterized by a rhythmic swaying of the hips caused by the bending and straightening of the knees (though the knees remain "soft" —slightly bent— at all times). It is a style of movement which should be present in Latin American dances, including bachata, mambo, salsa, rhumba, merengue, samba and cha-cha-cha. It tends to be easier to dance and more noticeable when the music is slow.

Xiphidiopicus percussus

A. tristoechus

Cuban butterfly frog

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Amazona

The Cuban emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in Cuba and the western Bahamas. This bird is known locally as zun-zun, and can be observed to be feeding throughout the day, perching on a wire to rest.

Mammalia

The Cuban grassquit (Tiaris canorus) is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwin's finches. It is found in Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos Islands.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Male at Canberra Walk In Aviary, Australia

Range of the Cuban dogfish

Phyllops falcatus

A constitutional referendum was held in Cuba on 15 February 1976, the first nationwide elections on the island since the Cuban Revolution. The new constitution was reportedly discussed at grass-roots level by 6,216,000 citizens, resulting in 60 of the 141 articles being modified. It was approved by 99.02% of voters with a turnout of 98%.

Ptiloxena atroviolacea

Polioptila

Cuban immigration to Brazil

Cuban passports are issued to citizens of Cuba to facilitate international travel.

Cuban law

Cuban bread

Dives atroviolaceus

Cuban cattleheart

The Cuban kite (Chondrohierax wilsonii) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. It is endemic to Cuba.This species is classified as critically endangered by BirdLife International and the IUCN. The current population is estimated 50 to 249 mature birds. In the last 40 years the species has only been observed a handful of times with the latest published sighting in 2010 in Alejandro de Humboldt National Park.The Clements Checklist and the AOU consider it as subspecies of the hook-billed kite. A molecular phylogenetics analysis using mitochondrial DNA suggests that it warrants species status having diverged from the mainland lineage approximately 400,000 to 1.5 million years ago.

Cuban nightjar

Squalus

Cuban military intervention in Africa

The Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in Colombia, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flour, water, lard or vegetable shortening

A. cubanensis

Chimaera cubana

Cuban exile community in Miami

iucn3.1

Cuban currency

Squalus cubensis distmap.png

Natalus primus

The Cuban fruit-eating bat (Brachyphylla nana) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Cuban flower bat (Phyllonycteris poeyi), also called Poey's flower bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Cuban parakeet

Gambusia

Bufo gundlachi (Ruibal, 1959)

Cuban film industry

Cuban bread is used to make Cuban sandwiches

M. n. nigra

Cuban coney

Identification

C. nasicus

Cuban constitution

The Cuban bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a songbird species of the monotypic genus Melopyrrha. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae), more recent studies have shown it to be part of the tanager family (Thraupidae). Therein, it belongs to the lineage of tholospizan "finches", which also includes the famous Darwin's finches.It is found in the Cayman Islands, there only on Grand Cayman, and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

Cuban diaspora

Cuban bread is a fairly simple white bread, similar to French bread and Italian bread, but has a slightly different baking method and ingredient list (in particular, it generally includes a small amount of fat in the form of lard or vegetable shortening); it is usually made in long, baguette-like loaves. It is a staple of Cuban-American cuisine and is traditionally the bread of choice when making an authentic Cuban sandwich.

Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker

Cuban cigar

T. canorus

Cuban immigration to Mexico

The presence of Cubans in Italy dates back after 1990s and most of them were married to Italian citizens.

Cuban crow

The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (Ara tricolor) was a species of macaw native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby Isla de la Juventud that became extinct in the late 19th century. Its relationship with other macaws in the genus Ara is uncertain, but it may have been closely related to the scarlet macaw, which has some similarities in appearance. It may also have been closely related, or identical, to the hypothetical Jamaican red macaw. No modern skeletons are known, but a few subfossil remains have been found on Cuba.At about 45–50 centimetres (18–20 in) long, the Cuban macaw was one of the smallest macaws. It had a red, orange, yellow, and white head, and a red, orange, green, brown, and blue body. Little is known of its behaviour, but it is reported to have nested in hollow trees, lived in pairs or families, and fed on seeds and fruits. The species' original distribution on Cuba is unknown, but it may have been restricted to the central and western parts of the island. It was mainly reported from the vast Zapata Swamp, where it inhabited open terrain with scattered trees.The Cuban macaw was traded and hunted by Amerindians, and by Europeans after their arrival in the 15th century. Many individuals were brought to Europe as cagebirds, and 19 museum skins exist today. It had become rare by the mid-19th century due to pressure from hunting, trade, and habitat destruction. Hurricanes may also have contributed to its demise. The last reliable accounts of the species are from the 1850s on Cuba and 1864 on Isla de la Juventud, but it may have persisted until 1885.

Cuban linx 2

Brachyphylla nana map.png

Cuban lily

Grus

Vulnerable

Cuban embargo

Antrostomus

Cuban palm crow

The Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus) is one of four species of crow that occur on a few key islands in the Caribbean. It is closely related to the white-necked crow (C. leucognaphalis) and Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis), with which it shares similar features. The fourth Caribbean crow, the palm crow (C. palmarum), is a later arrival in evolutionary terms and shows characteristics more akin to North American species such as the fish crow (C.

The Cuban moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies 21,400 km2 (8,300 sq mi) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than 2,000 mm (79 in) of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites.

Chlorostilbon

The Cuban gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei) is a species of bird in the family Polioptilidae, the gnatcatchers. It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitat is xeric scrubland. It is the smallest species in the Polioptilidae family at 10 cm (4 in).

Cuban legal system

Cuban black marlin

Gundlach, 1860

Cuban money

Cuban necktie

The Cuban high-crested toad or Gundlach's Caribbean toad (Peltophryne gundlachi, in Spanish saptito matraca) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba. It is found plains in all provinces as well as Isla de la Juventud and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago. Its natural habitats are primarily forests but also xeric and mesic grasslands. It is an explosive breeder of rain-flooded pools. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by agriculture, and by agricultural pollution. Its habitat is also threatened by the invasive tree Dichrostachys cinerea.

Poey, 1854

Cuban night lizard

Icterus

The Cuban X-Giants were an African-American professional baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, or ex-Giants. Like the Cuban Giants, the original players were not Cuban (though the team would later sign Cuban players). Edward B. Lamar Jr. served as business manager for the team.In 1897 the X-Giants beat the Cuban Giants in a series 2 games to 1. With Frank Grant joining in 1898 the club continued to establish themselves as the new powerhouse in the east. Grant and White left in 1900 and Bill Monroe joined at second base; both the Giants and X-Giants claimed to be the champions, a situation that was duplicated a year later. In 1903 the club boasted Rube Foster on the mound and a middle infield of Charlie Grant and Home Run Johnson. They played in the integrated Tri-State Independent League and then took 5 of 7 games from the Philadelphia Giants for the title as top black team in the east. Foster won 4 games in the series and also was 6 for 17 at the plate.For the 1904 season the Philadelphia Giants signed away Grant and Foster, and later beat the X-Giants in a championship series 2 games to 1, as Foster won two games against his old teammates. (Grant and Foster replaced Frank Grant and Harry Buckner as regulars.) In 1905 the X-Giants took one of two games from the National League's Brooklyn, outscoring them 7–2 in the first game and losing 2–1 in the second. In 1906, the X-Giants signed John Henry Lloyd for his first season in professional baseball, and the team joined the International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs.In late 1906, the Cuban X-Giants became a founding member of the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs of the United States and Cuba. The team folded before play started in 1907.

Cricosaura

Cuban music

Cuban fruit-eating bat

Cuban cactus scrub

Cuban dry forests

Melopyrrha

Chimaera

Cuban Green Anole

Cuban apartheid

Chondrohierax wilsonii

Cuban funnel-eared bat

P. cryptoleuca

Cuban kite swallowtail

Bufo longinasus (Stejneger, 1905)

Near Caimanera, Guantánamo Province

Cuban flightless crane

Cuban itch

Cuban macaw

Cuban parrot

The Cuban dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion that occupies 65,800 km2 (25,400 sq mi) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives 1,000–2,000 mm (39–79 in) of rainfall annually. Cuban dry forests can be differentiated into evergreen forests, semi-deciduous forests, mogotes, and sclerophyllous low forests.

Range of C. ricordii

Amazona leucocephala

Psittacara

Cuban fever

Cuban X-Giants

A. l. leucocephala in Cuba

Cuban cricket team

G. cubensis

Cuban emigration to the United States

Cuban lost city

Squalus cubensis

Female, both X. p. percussus

The Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca) is a large swallow endemic to Cuba.It is closely related to the Caribbean martin, P. dominicensis which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the P. d. sinaloae (Sinaloa martin) from Mexico.It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis.Adult Cuban martins are 18.5 cm in length, with a forked tail and relatively broad wings, and weigh 40 g.

Cuban dismorphia

G. punctata

Cuban dwarf robber frog

Trenton, New Jersey

Phyllonycteris

Cuban armed forces

La Joven Francesca Bakery

Cuban guettarda tree

Cuban national assembly

The Cuban nightjar (Antrostomus cubanensis), is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is commonly found in Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.This species was considered to be conspecific with Hispaniolan nightjar.

The Cuban pauraque (Siphonorhis daiquiri), also known as the Cuban poorwill, is an extinct species of nightjar from the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It was described by Storrs Olson in 1985 from subfossil material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of Daiquirí, about 20 km east of the city of Santiago de Cuba. The specific epithet refers to the type locality.The species was intermediate in size between its two known congeners, being larger than S. brewsteri and smaller than S. Americana. Olson considered that the cave deposits of the pauraque and other contemporary fauna were the prey of barn owls and were of Holocene age. Because of the cryptic nature of parauques and other nightjars, Olson considered it possible that the species might not be extinct, though there have been no confirmed records of living birds.

Atractosteus

A. porcatus

Cuban bullfinch

The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a small species of crocodile found only in Cuba. Typical length is 2.1–2.3 m (6.9–7.5 ft) and typical weight 70–80 kg (150–180 lb). Large males can reach as much as 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and weigh more than 215 kg (474 lb). Despite its modest size, it is a highly aggressive animal, and potentially dangerous to humans.The Cuban crocodile is of interest to biologists for its unique physical and behavioral traits. Long- and strong-legged, it is the most terrestrial of extant crocodiles. Its preferred habitat comprises freshwater environments such as marshes and rivers. There, the adults feed on fish, turtles and small mammals, while the young eat invertebrates and smaller fish. Mating occurs between May and July. Captive animals have displayed cooperative hunting behavior and could be taught tricks.The Cuban crocodile is listed as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Once spread across the Caribbean, its range has dwindled to including only the Zapata Swamp and the Isle of Youth, due to hunting by humans. Captive breeding projects are in place to help the species recover.

Cuban gar

Cuban assistance to the Sandinista National Liberation Front

Cuban genealogy

Cuban martin

Cuban passports are issued to citizens of Cuba to facilitate international travel. They are valid for 6 years from the date of issuance, but have to be extended every 2 years.The cost of this passport is about US$500 (CUC 500) for every two years if one person lives in the United States.Until January 14th, 2013, the Cuban government required that all Cuban citizens and foreigners such as foreign students that live in Cuba desiring to leave the country would have to obtain an exit permit (Spanish: Permiso de Salida). The abolition of the controversial requirement led to long lines at passport offices filled with citizens desiring to legally travel abroad; however, the lines were partly attributed to the fact that the cost of obtaining a passport was going to double the next day to the equivalent of US$100 (CUC 100), the equivalent of 5 months of average state salary. Now the passport is the only document required to leave the country, apart from a visa from the destination country. Previously the cost of a passport, exit permit, and associated paperwork added up to around US$300 (CUC 300), the equivalent of 15 months of average state salary.

States/Provinces

Cuban blackbird

Cuban mix

Cuban packages

The Cuban fig-eating bat, or white-shouldered bat, (Phyllops falcatus) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, found only in the Caribbean. It is the sole extant species in the genus Phyllops, although two other species, P. vetus and P. silvai, are known from fossils.

The Cuban packages (1972) was a Chilean smuggling scandal, involving President Salvador Allende, his Minister of the Interior, Hernán del Canto and the Director of the Civil Police Eduardo Paredes.

The Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, around Cuba, Hispaniola, southern Brazil, and Argentina. It inhabits continental shelves and uppermost slopes at depths from 60 to 380 m.

Cuban medical diplomacy

Cuban high-crested toad

Cuban kite

Cuban people in Italy

Cuban exodus

Chlorostilbon ricordii

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Cuban pauraque

Melopyrrha nigra

Cuban art is an exceptionally diverse cultural blend of African, South American, European and North American elements, reflecting the diverse demographic makeup of the island. Cuban artists embraced European modernism, and the early part of the 20th century saw a growth in Cuban vanguardist movements, which were characterized by the mixing of modern artistic genres. Some of the more celebrated 20th-century Cuban artists include Amelia Peláez (1896–1968), best known for a series of mural projects, and painter Wifredo Lam (Dec 8,1902–September 11, 1982), who created a highly personal version of modern primitivism. The Cuban born painter Federico Beltran Masses (1885-1949), was renowned as a colourist whose seductive portrayals of women sometimes made overt references to the tropical settings of his childhood.Better known internationally is the work of photographer Alberto Korda, whose photographs following the early days of the Cuban Revolution included a picture of Che Guevara which was to become one of the most recognizable images of the 20th century.There is a flourishing street art movement influenced by Latin American artists José Guadalupe Posada and the muralist Diego Rivera.After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, some artists felt it was in their best interests to leave Cuba and produce their art, while others stayed behind, either happy or merely content to be creating art in Cuba, which was sponsored by the government. Because it was state sponsored, an implied censorship occurred, since artists wouldn't want to make art that was against the revolutionary movement as that was the source of their funding. It was during the 1980s in which art began to reflect true uninfluenced expression. The "rebirth" of expression in Cuban art was greatly affected by the emergence of a new generation of Cuban, which did not remember the revolution directly.In 1981 Cubans saw the introduction of "Volumen Uno", a series of one man exhibitions featuring contemporary Cuban artists. Three years later, the introduction of the "Havana Bienal" assisted in the further progression of the liberation of art and free speech therein.

Cuban motion

B. nana

X. percussus

Cuban liberation movement

punctata

Gundlach & Peters, 1863

An epidemic of optic and peripheral neuropathy occurred in Cuba during 1992-1993. According to a preliminary summary from the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba (MINSAP), there were 50,862 cases out of a population of 10.8 million.

The front cover of a contemporary Cuban passport.

Cuban blue anole

Cuban iguana

The Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of songbird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba.Adults measure 20 cm (7.9 in) long with a 10 cm (3.9 in) wing length. They are black with yellow patches on the shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike.

at Palpite, Cuba

C. cubana

N. superstes

The Cuban evening bat (Nycticeius cubanus) is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae, that is endemic to western Cuba. It is a small bat, even smaller than cogener Nycticeius humeralis. It is insectivorous, but otherwise little is known about its behavior and diet.

Cuban economy

The Cuban coney (Geocapromys columbianus) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats were lowlands moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas. Some scientists indicate that this species may have survived and coexisted with introduced species from the Old World until approximately 1500, while others indicate that it became extinct earlier in the Holocene.

Cuban genealogy is the study of Cuban families and researching their lineage and family history. In Spanish, genealogy is referred to as genealogía. Since Cuba was one of the most prominent Spanish colonies and one of the most significant from the New World, Cubans make up many different ethnicities, races, and cultures. Cubans make up mainly of Spaniards, bust also people from Portugal, Africa, Asia, Italy and other European countries.

Cuban Brazilians (Spanish: Cubanobrasileño, Portuguese: Cubano-brasileiro) are Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Cuban ancestry, or a Cuban-born person residing in Brazil. Many Cubans are doctors working in the North and Northeast Region of Brazil.

In Camagüey Province, Cuba

The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus) is a fish in the Lepisosteidae family. It is found in Western Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud.The Cuban gar is a tropical freshwater fish (18 °C - 23 °C), although also inhabits brackish water lives in rivers and lakes and is found in the Demersal zone of Western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The Cuban gar is around 100 cm in length (unsexed), but can grow as large as 200 cm (unsexed). Adult Cuban gar feed on freshwater fishes and birds. Young are prey to the introduced largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). The flesh of the fish is edible but the eggs are poisonous for humans.

The Cuban martin (Progne cryptoleuca) is a large swallow endemic to Cuba.It is closely related to the Caribbean martin, P. dominicensis which breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago, and the P. d. sinaloae (Sinaloa martin) from Mexico.It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis.Adult Cuban martins are 18.5 cm in length, with a forked tail and relatively broad wings, and weigh 40 g. Adult males are a glossy blue-black with contrasting white lower underparts. Females and juveniles are duller than the male, with grey-brown breast and flanks and white lower underparts.The Cuban martin nests in cavities in banks and buildings, or old woodpecker holes. 3-6 eggs are laid in the lined nest, and incubated for 15 days, with another 26-27 to fledging. Just as the purple martin, this species may compete with other passerines for nesting cavities. In particular, the main foe is the house sparrow in urban areas, where they mostly use man-made structures, whereas in more rural locations Picidae holes in coconut trees are favored, and there is less competition with the sparrows.Cuban martins are gregarious birds which hunt for insects in flight. Their call is a gurgly chew-chew.

Cuban human rights

Female

Anolis

Olson, 1985

Cuban government

Cuban food

The Cuban packages (1972) was a Chilean smuggling scandal, involving President Salvador Allende, his Minister of the Interior, Hernán del Canto and the Director of the Civil Police Eduardo Paredes. It was cited by the authors of the Chamber of Deputies' Declaration of the Breakdown of Chile’s Democracy as one of the instances of government officials' illegality.The packages turned out to have contained automatic weapons, grenades and ammunition destined to form a small "revolutionary" army in Chile. These specific packages were just the tip of the iceberg of a constant smuggling of weapons from Cuba that were delivered regularly twice a week via Cubana de Aviación, hidden inside the diplomatic pouches.

C. rhombifer

P. poeyi

The Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes superstes) is an extinct species of soricomorph of the genus Nesophontes. Its remains have been found in western Cuba.

Cuban bible

Natalus

Cuban black-hawk

Polioptila lembeyei

Fischer & Stephan, 1971

Critical/endangered

ItalianSpanish

The Cuban funnel-eared bat (Chilonatalus micropus) is a species of bat in the family Natalidae. It is one of two species within the genus Chilonatalus. It is found in Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica.

Cuban cave frog

Cuban box drums

Cuban fever (or calentura) was a popular name for a recurring form of tropical fever, sometimes accompanied by acute delirium. In 1898, a pathologist established that Cuban fever was a variety of malaria.The term "Cuban fever" was coined by Nashville Doctor Alexander McCall in his 1845 letter to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, describing a very protracted form of "erysipelatous fever" he had observed in Brazil, Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula. In 1860 social reformer and author Julia Ward Howe described a condition she observed in a Cuban prison as Cuban fever.The phrase was revived in the Spanish–American War to refer to a fever prevalent in Cuba and the Philippines, that attacked many of the American troops during the War or shortly after their return. It generally began with a chill and a body temperature of 103 °F. As the temperature rose higher, muscular pains began, with headache, loss of appetite, nausea, and marked weakness. Many patients spontaneously recovered within a week. However, the symptoms would often recur, sometimes daily, and sometimes at intervals of days or weeks. U.S. Army Major General William Rufus Shafter was repeatedly sidelined with Cuban fever after he returned home.In an effort to establish a retrospective diagnosis, pathologist James Ewing of New York City studied blood samples of 800 patients suffering from the disease, and found that 80 percent of the cases of Cuban fever were of the aestiva-autumnal type of malarial fever, and the remaining 20 percent suffered from tertian malaria.After leading the "Rough Riders" of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish–American War, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, like many of his troops, was diagnosed with Cuban fever. Although Roosevelt's doctors were treating it with drugs, the fever continued to recur long after he left the Army, before, during, and after his presidency. The second part of Edmund Morris's 2001 biography of Roosevelt explains that, when suffering the effects of the disease, the President was discovered outside of his cabin late at night, "completely disoriented," pacing in the snow in his bare feet, holding his hunting dog Skip to his chest.

The Cuban autonomous community movement (Spanish: Movimiento por la Reincorporación de Cuba a España como Comunidad Autónoma) is a movement organised by Cuban exiles which advocates Cuba becoming the 18th autonomous community of Spain.

The Cuban green anole (Anolis porcatus) is a species of anole endemic to Cuba, though introduced populations exist in Florida and on Hispaniola. It is part of the A. carolinensis clade of anoles.

Cuban fig-eating bat

Cuban frigate José Martí (F301)

Cuban history

C. p. bairdii

Law 59 or Cuban Civil Code is the legal body that regulates the main norms in legal matters such as Real Rights, Law of obligations, Contract law and inheritance law, in addition to the legal capacity of persons, natural and law, and some rules of Private International Law in the Republic of Cuba. It has four books and a few articles about principles of civil law.The National Assembly of People's Power passed the law in 1987. The previous code in force was the Spanish Civil Code.

Local elections were held in Cuba on 21 October, 28 October and 31 October 2007. These elections are of national importance as they are the only direct elections in Cuba's political system, and because the municipal and provincial assemblies elect half the members of the National Assembly of People's Power, which in turn elects the President of Cuba. Therefore, this election will indirectly determine whether Fidel Castro will remain president or whether the vice-president and acting president Raúl Castro (his brother) will officially take over.According to official results, turnout was 96.49%. Of all ballots handed in, 3.93% were blank, 3.08% were invalid and 92.99% were valid. 12,208 municipal delegates were elected in the 15,236 electoral constituencies of the country in the first round, and another 3,028 were chosen in the second round on 28 October 2007. However, four delegates were only elected in a third round on 31 October 2007. 4,159 or 27.30% of the elected are women, and 2,582 or 16.95% are between 16 and 35 years old; 6,406 delegates were reelected.

Cuban national basketball team

Cuban election

Cuban crocodile

Cuban moist forests

Buteogallus anthracinus gundlachii

Cuban parliamentary election, 2012

Cuban heel (disambiguation)

Atractosteus tristoechus

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†Siphonorhis daiquiri

Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C.

Natalus micropus Dobson, 1880

Dives atroviolacea

The Cuban oriole (Icterus melanopsis) is a species of songbird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Cuba.Adults measure 20 cm (7.9 in) long with a 10 cm (3.9 in) wing length. They are black with yellow patches on the shoulders, underwings, rump and undertail. Sexes are alike. Juvenile birds are olive while immature birds are olive with a black face and throat.The taxon was formerly lumped with Bahama orioles (Icterus northropi), Hispaniolan orioles (Icterus dominicensis), and Puerto Rican orioles (Icterus portoricensis) into a single species known as the Greater Antillean oriole until all four birds were elevated to full species status in 2010.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and plantations.

Municipal elections were held in Cuba on June 16, 1900. The elections were held under the auspices of the U.S. Military Government with a system of restricted suffrage. 7% of the Cuban population took part in the polls, which saw some important victories for pro-independence sectors.

Cuban diaspora in Miami

Cuban crisis

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*International League
*National Association

Cuban giant owl

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Fossil

Siphonorhis

Cuban brown blindsnake

Brachyphylla

The Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It was extirpated from the Isla de la Juventud south of Cuba soon after 1900.Its natural habitats are dry forests, dry savanna, and arable land. The species breeds seasonally, nesting from April to July. It nests in holes in trees or termite nests, particularly those created by the Cuban green woodpecker.

Cuban green woodpecker

Cuban chimaera

C. ricordii

Cuban education

Tibiotarsus of Grus cubensis , with those of Propelargus edwardsi and Palaelodus gracilipes for comparison, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Cuban oak

Peltophryne longinasus

Cuban legislative election, 2008

Cuban nesophontes

Cuban genealogy is the study of Cuban families and researching their lineage and family history. In Spanish, genealogy is referred to as genealogía. Since Cuba was one of the most prominent Spanish colonies and one of the most significant from the New World, Cubans make up many different ethnicities, races, and cultures. Cubans make up mainly of Spaniards, bust also people from Portugal, Africa, Asia, Italy and other European countries. The Taínos, Native Indians, were also assimilated into the Cuban ethnicity. There was also a Chinese labor trade that assimilated into the Cuban culture.Due to the Cuban Revolution, many families loss records and histories of their family. This has sparked interest in Cuban Genealogy.

Anolis porcatus

Cuban monkey

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Cuban pesos

S. daiquiri

Howell-Rivero, 1936

The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (Ara tricolor) was a species of macaw native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby Isla de la Juventud that became extinct in the late 19th century. Its relationship with other macaws in the genus Ara is uncertain, but it may have been closely related to the scarlet macaw, which has some similarities in appearance. It may also have been closely related, or identical, to the hypothetical Jamaican red macaw.

Tiaris

N. primus

Cuban immigration has greatly characterized modern Miami, creating what is known as "Cuban Miami." However, Miami reflects global trends as well, such as the growing trends of multiculturalism and multiracialism; this reflects the way in which international politics shape local communities. Essentially, the coexistence of growth and internationalization within Miami has perpetuated an ethnically driven social polarization. The growing number of Cubans in Miami have remained loyal to their cultural norms, mores, customs, language, and religious affiliations. The transnational force of immigration defines Miami as a growing metropolis, and the 20th century Cuban influx has greatly affected Miami's growth.As of 2012, there were 1.2 million Cubans in Greater Miami. As of that year, about 400,000 had arrived after 1980.

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Cuban dance music

Cuban folk music

Cuban pastries

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Cuban dusky dwarf boa

Cuban national baseball system

Cuban culture

The Cuban long-nosed toad or Stejneger's Caribbean toad (Peltophryne longinasus) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Cuba and only known from three widely separated populations.Its natural habitats are upland pinewoods and mesic broadleaf forests. It is always found by streams. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging, charcoaling, fires, and agricultural expansion.

The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus) is a fish in the Lepisosteidae family. It is found in Western Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud.The Cuban gar is a tropical freshwater fish (18 °C - 23 °C), although also inhabits brackish water lives in rivers and lakes and is found in the Demersal zone of Western Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The Cuban gar is around 100 cm in length (unsexed), but can grow as large as 200 cm (unsexed). Adult Cuban gar feed on freshwater fishes and birds.

Cuban passport

Cuban cinema

Progne cryptoleuca

The Cuban high-crested toad or Gundlach's Caribbean toad (Peltophryne gundlachi, in Spanish saptito matraca) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae that is endemic to Cuba. It is found plains in all provinces as well as Isla de la Juventud and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago. Its natural habitats are primarily forests but also xeric and mesic grasslands. It is an explosive breeder of rain-flooded pools.

A 3 peso banknote depicting Che Guevara

Thraupidae

P. lembeyei

Cuban coat of arms

* Psittacus tricolor (Bechstein, 1811)
* Sittace? lichtensteini (Wagler, 1856)
* Ara cubensis (Wetherbee, 1985)

Cuban anole

The substantive and procedural laws of Cuba were later based on the Spanish Civil laws and were influenced by the principles of Marxism-Leninism after that philosophy became the guiding force of government.

Cuban peacock

Male

Cuban brown anole

Cuban heel

History of Chile

Chondrohierax

Cuban finch

Cuban khaki trope

Cuban cockroach

Gundlach, 1861

Distribution map

Cuban civil code

Cuban national baseball team

Cuban film

The Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus) is one of four species of crow that occur on a few key islands in the Caribbean. It is closely related to the white-necked crow (C. leucognaphalis) and Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis), with which it shares similar features. The fourth Caribbean crow, the palm crow (C. palmarum), is a later arrival in evolutionary terms and shows characteristics more akin to North American species such as the fish crow (C. ossifragus), which it is probably closely related to.A stocky, medium-sized (40–42 centimetres or 16–17 inches in length) forest crow, this sociable bird can be found quite commonly over most of the large island of Cuba and on the nearby Isla de la Juventud in woodland and areas that have been cleared for agriculture. It is frequently found around farms and villages where it seems to have adapted quite well to living in relatively close contact with man.The bill of this species is long and deep with a gentle curve towards the tip giving a large headed profile. The nasal bristles sweep forward then upward and frequently reveal the nostrils which are hidden in almost all other members of the genus Corvus. There is a patch of dark grey bare skin behind the browinsh-red eye and at the base of the lower mandible. The black plumage has a bluish-purple gloss in good light. The bill, legs and feet are black.Food consists of fruit and insects though it does appear to take human food readily and will scavenge for scraps where the opportunity arises. Large noisy flocks can be seen feeding in trees and it will also readily feed on the ground especially where grain and other seeds have been spilt or left unprotected on the surface of a field.The voice is quite remarkable and is rather un-crow like, with strange liquid bubbling notes and high ringing sounds produced in various combinations. It also produces a thin screeched "aaaaauh" that rises in inflection.The nest is built in tall trees, though little further information about breeding is recorded as yet.

Phyllonycteris poeyi

In Havana, Cuba

N. cubanus

The Cuban night lizard (Cricosaura typica) is a night lizard (family Xantusiidae, subfamily Cricosaurinae) endemic to southern Cuba. It is the only member of the genus Cricosaura, one of three in the night lizard family.

The Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is monotypic within the genus Xiphidiopicus. It is endemic to Cuba.A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts. Nape and upper breast are bright red with some black bases to feathers usually visible, with black chin and throat; red crown in males, black crown striped white in females. White face and supercilium, punctuated by black border to cheek. Yellow breast is streaked with black or greenish-black, yellow on flanks barred with black. The crissum (the area around the cloaca) is yellow with black barring. Females are significantly smaller than the male, generally shorter-billed. Juveniles are generally duller in plumage, showing more barring and streaking below. It measures 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) in length and weighs 48–97 g (1.7–3.4 oz).Its natural habitats are dry forests, lowland moist forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Cuban art is an exceptionally diverse cultural blend of African, South American, European and North American elements, reflecting the diverse demographic makeup of the island. Cuban artists embraced European modernism, and the early part of the 20th century saw a growth in Cuban vanguardist movements, which were characterized by the mixing of modern artistic genres.

Geocapromys columbianus

A. tricolor

Cuban assistance to the FSLN

Cuban democracy movement

Cuban emerald

Cuban military

Cuban diplomatic missions

Cuban elections

Cuban authors and writers

The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion that occupies 3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi) on the leeward coast of Cuba. Most of it occurs in the southeastern part of the island in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba. The ecoregion receives less than 800 mm (31 in) of rainfall annually. The principal soils are coastal rendzinas that were derived from coralline limestone. Cuban cactus scrub contains four vegetation zones: xerophytic coastal and subcoastal scrubland, coastal thorny semidesert, coastal sclerophyllous scrubland, and rocky coastal scrublands.

Bonaparte, 1853

Cuban doctors

Cuban hutia

Cuban local elections, 1900

Temminck, 1826
Corvus nasicus

C. micropus

Miller, 1902

The Cuban X-Giants were an African-American professional baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, or ex-Giants. Like the Cuban Giants, the original players were not Cuban (though the team would later sign Cuban players). Edward B. Lamar Jr. served as business manager for the team.In 1897 the X-Giants beat the Cuban Giants in a series 2 games to 1.

Cuban hip hop

Cuban anole (disambiguation)

The Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is monotypic within the genus Xiphidiopicus. It is endemic to Cuba.A distinctive, relatively small woodpecker of the general size and shape of a sapsucker, occasionally appearing crested, with bright olive-green upperparts and yellow underparts.

The Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis) is a dogfish, a member of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. It is found in the Western Atlantic from North Carolina to Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, around Cuba, Hispaniola, southern Brazil, and Argentina. It inhabits continental shelves and uppermost slopes at depths from 60 to 380 m. Its length may reach 110 cm.It is a slim, gray shark with black tips to its dorsal fins black and at the edges of its pectoral fins, its pelvic and caudal fins are white; It possess a spine at front edge of each of its two dorsal fans. It probably feeds on bottom fishes and invertebrates. The isopod parasites which commonly infest the mouth and gills of marine fish are unusually large in the Cuban dogfish. Its reproduction is ovoviviparous, with 10 pups in a litter. It is not generally used for food, but taken commercially for the oil and vitamins extracted from its liver.

Cuban intelligence

Cuban long-legged frog

both C. r. recordii

Cuban oregano

Mogote, Pinar del Rio Province

S. cubensis

I. melanopsis

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Ara tricolor
Location of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud

D. atroviolaceus

Cuban jazz

Range of D. atroviolaceus

C. principalis
Campephilus

Cuban intervention in Angola (1975-1991)

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The Cuban gambusia (Gambusia punctata) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, and is the type species of its genus. It is native to Cuba, inhabiting primarily stagnant lakes or ponds and slow-moving streams. A carnivorous surface feeder, it occurs in shoals near the shoreline.This species has the terminal, upward-facing mouth typical of surface feeders, and a protruding belly. It is of plain coloration with a dark lateral stripe. Males reach a maximum overall length around 5.5 cm, with females reaching about 8.5 cm.

The government of Cuba assisted Nicaragua's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) both before and after they took power in 1979. This was prompted by their shared Marxist ideologies and resistance to the policies of the United States government.

The peso (ISO 4217 code: CUP, sometimes called the "national currency" or in Spanish moneda nacional) is one of two official currencies in use in Cuba, the other being the convertible peso (ISO 4217 code: CUC, occasionally called "dollar" in the spoken language). There are currently 25 CUP per CUC.Most Cuban state workers receive their wages in national pesos, but some receive a portion of their salary in convertible pesos. Shops that sell basics like fruit and vegetables generally accept only the normal peso. "Dollar shops" sell the rest. The word "pesos" may refer to both types of money.Cuban convertible pesos are 25 times more valuable, but that does not completely eliminate the confusion for tourists. Since goods bought in national pesos have government-controlled prices, tourists are sometimes confused by prices that look "too cheap." The hard (CUC) pesos are easy to tell apart from the national (CUP) ones, as CUC coins have an octagonal shape within the outer round rim. The only exception to this is the most common CUP coin, the 1 peso, also has this octagonal shape. Also, CUC currency shows monuments, and CUP bills have portraits.

Cuban newspaper

Cuban flower bat

The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion that occupies 3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi) on the leeward coast of Cuba. Most of it occurs in the southeastern part of the island in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba. The ecoregion receives less than 800 mm (31 in) of rainfall annually. The principal soils are coastal rendzinas that were derived from coralline limestone.

Cuban five

Psittacara euops

Cuban opposition since 1959

Cuban giant dwarf boa

Buteogallus

†G. columbianus

Cuban national anthem

Phyllops

Painting by Jacques Barraband, ca. 1800

Cuban abstract painters

The Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It was extirpated from the Isla de la Juventud south of Cuba soon after 1900.Its natural habitats are dry forests, dry savanna, and arable land. The species breeds seasonally, nesting from April to July. It nests in holes in trees or termite nests, particularly those created by the Cuban green woodpecker. Three to five eggs are incubated for around 22 days, and the nestling period is between 45–50 days. The species was once very common but is now much reduced due to habitat loss and trapping for the cagebird trade. As a consequence it is now listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.

Cuban exiles

Cuban frigate Antonio Maceo

Cuban general election, 2018

Cuban art

Cuban bibles

Cuban legislative election, 2003

Cuban holly

Ara

Cuban health

Cuban dusky trope

Cuban greater funnel-eared bat

Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban kite (Chondrohierax wilsonii) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. It is endemic to Cuba.This species is classified as critically endangered by BirdLife International and the IUCN. The current population is estimated 50 to 249 mature birds.

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The Cuban bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a songbird species of the monotypic genus Melopyrrha. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae), more recent studies have shown it to be part of the tanager family (Thraupidae). Therein, it belongs to the lineage of tholospizan "finches", which also includes the famous Darwin's finches.It is found in the Cayman Islands, there only on Grand Cayman, and Cuba.

Cuban linx

Peters, 1865

The Cuban pauraque (Siphonorhis daiquiri), also known as the Cuban poorwill, is an extinct species of nightjar from the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It was described by Storrs Olson in 1985 from subfossil material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of Daiquirí, about 20 km east of the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Cuban black hawk

Cuban holidays

Brachyphylla nana

Cuban musical theatre has its own distinctive style and history. From the 18th century (at least) to modern times, popular theatrical performances included music and often dance as well. Many composers and musicians had their careers launched in the theatres, and many compositions got their first airing on the stage. In addition to staging some European operas and operettas, Cuban composers gradually developed ideas which better suited their creole audience. Characters on stages began to include elements from Cuban life, and the music began to reflect a fusion between African and European contributions.Recorded music was to be the couduit for Cuban music to reach the world. The most recorded artist in Cuba up to 1925 was a singer at the Alhambra, Adolfo Colombo. Records show he recorded about 350 numbers between 1906 and 1917.The first theatre in Havana opened in 1775, called the Coliseo, and later the Teatro Principal. The first Cuban-composed opera appeared in 1807. Theatrical music was hugely important in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century; its significance only began to wane with the change in political and social weather in the second part of the 20th century. Radio, which began in Cuba in 1922, helped the growth of popular music because it provided publicity and a new source of income for the artists.

Cuban baseball league system

The Cuban gambusia (Gambusia punctata) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, and is the type species of its genus. It is native to Cuba, inhabiting primarily stagnant lakes or ponds and slow-moving streams. A carnivorous surface feeder, it occurs in shoals near the shoreline.This species has the terminal, upward-facing mouth typical of surface feeders, and a protruding belly. It is of plain coloration with a dark lateral stripe.

Progne

Cuban flag

Cuban army

October

Crocodylus rhombifer

Cuban peso

Cuban agriculture

Cuban media

Crocodylus

Cuban groin-spot frog

Cuban hip motion

The Cuban ivory-billed woodpecker or carpintero real (Campephilus principalis bairdii) is, or was, a Cuban subspecies of the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis). Once classified as a separate species, recent research has indicated that C. p. bairdii may in fact be sufficiently distinct from the nominate to once again be regarded as a species in its own right.No specimens have been seen since 1987, and it is now considered to be extinct.

Cuban healthcare

Dives

Xiphidiopicus

* Sporadinus ricordii

Cuban jungle

Cuban anarchists

Geocapromys

centavo

Cricosaura typica

P. euops

Cuban constitutional referendum, 1976

Cuban national dish

A. leucocephala

Nesophontes superstes

The Cuban moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that occupies 21,400 km2 (8,300 sq mi) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives more than 2,000 mm (79 in) of rainfall annually, and does not have a dry season. Soils are usually derived from quartz, limestone, or serpentinites. Cuban moist forests can be differentiated into lowland forests (sea level to 400 m or 1,300 ft), sub-montane forests (400–800 m or 1,300–2,600 ft), and montane forests (800–1,900 m or 2,600–6,200 ft).

Corvus

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Cuban military ranks

Buteogallus gundlachii

Cuban crocodile range

Cuban cedar

P. falcatus

Cuban dissidents

Cuban local elections, 2007

Cuban dissident

Cuban immigration has greatly characterized modern Miami, creating what is known as "Cuban Miami." However, Miami reflects global trends as well, such as the growing trends of multiculturalism and multiracialism; this reflects the way in which international politics shape local communities. Essentially, the coexistence of growth and internationalization within Miami has perpetuated an ethnically driven social polarization.

Cuban khaki frog

Cuban giant frog

Tiaris canorus

Cuban oriole

Cuban neuropathy

Cuban anarchist movement

Cuban fruit-eating bat range

Cuban musical theatre

Cuban coffee production

Cuban crocodiles

Campephilus principalis bairdii

Cuban cusk-eel

Cuban ground iguana

Cuban fever (or calentura) was a popular name for a recurring form of tropical fever, sometimes accompanied by acute delirium. In 1898, a pathologist established that Cuban fever was a variety of malaria.The term "Cuban fever" was coined by Nashville Doctor Alexander McCall in his 1845 letter to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, describing a very protracted form of "erysipelatous fever" he had observed in Brazil, Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula.

A male Cuban Ivory-Bill, photo by John Dennis

Antrostomus cubanensis

Fischer, 1977

Cuban council of ministers

Nycticeius cubanus

Cuban green anole

Nycticeius

C. wilsonii

Bonaparte, 1854

Phyllops haitiensis

IUCN2.3

Peltophryne gundlachi

El Cubano Natural Park, Cuba

Montane forest, Pico Turquino

The peso (ISO 4217 code: CUP, sometimes called the "national currency" or in Spanish moneda nacional) is one of two official currencies in use in Cuba, the other being the convertible peso (ISO 4217 code: CUC, occasionally called "dollar" in the spoken language). There are currently 25 CUP per CUC.Most Cuban state workers receive their wages in national pesos, but some receive a portion of their salary in convertible pesos.

Cuban migration to Miami

Cuban gray frog

Cuban grassquit

Cuban flathead frog

Cuban cigars