Although most people in Cuba celebrate Christmas Eve with a big dinner, Ruiz said that has more to do with family, rum and dancing than any celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

CUBA: Silent Nights. December 23, 2000. By Scott Wilson. ... No flashing lights spelling "Merry Christmas" wrap around Morro Castle, the fortress guarding the entrance to Havana harbor.

All over Cuba, posters proclaim TEN MILLION IN '70—a reminder that Fidel Castro is counting on an unprecedented harvest of 10 million tons of sugar next year. ... Cuba: Christmas in July.

I have had a hankering to go back to Cuba. I went there with other journalists on a trip organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the 1980s and again on a National Press ...

Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The 25th anniversary of the recognition of Christmas as a public holiday in Cuba and the 25th anniversary of the visit to the island of the Holy Father John Paul II, are the ...

Item 1 of 5 People sell products on the porch of a house with Christmas decorations during the Saint Lazarus annual pilgrimage in Rincon, Cuba, December 16, 2023.

Christmas in Cuba. The picture is also muddled by Santeria, a uniquely Caribbean religion developed by slaves that blends Western African doctrine, Roman-Catholicism with indigenous beliefs and ...

I have had a hankering to go back to Cuba. I went there with other journalists on a trip organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the 1980s and again on a National Press ...

I have had a hankering to go back to Cuba. I went there with other journalists on a trip organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the 1980s and again on a National Press Club ...