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Feb 27, 20233 min read

The Brothers Who Died for Cuban Independence

These two brothers are perhaps my favorite since, as a fellow Cuban-American, they served not only with honor in the United States but...

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Sep 9, 202310 min read

IN SPANISH: Los Cubanos en Florida: Una Larga Historia

La Florida tiene mucha historia relacionada con los cubanos. Para empezar, La Florida antes pertenecía a la Capitanía General de Cuba. En...

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Feb 27, 20233 min read

The Brothers Who Died for Cuban Independence

These two brothers are perhaps my favorite since, as a fellow Cuban-American, they served not only with honor in the United States but...

123chris

Feb 27, 20232 min read

The Confederacy’s Female Cuban-American Spy

Born in 1844 to Cuban parents, Dolores “Lola” Sánchez was one of five children alongside her siblings Emiliano, John Henry, Francesca...

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Feb 27, 20232 min read

The Cuban Confederate Colonel Who Rallied for Cuban Independence

A native of Cuba (then a Spanish colony), Gonzáles was born in 1818 to a prominent local family in the city of Matanzas. From an early...

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Feb 22, 20232 min read

José Martí's Beloved Black Mother of Ybor City

A native of Pinar del Río Province in Cuba, Paulina Pedroso and her husband Ruperto became one of the many Cubans who first migrated to...

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Feb 22, 20233 min read

Ponce de León’s Florida Expeditions That Cost Him His Life

Perhaps one of the most fascinating parts of Florida’s history is that of its discovery by a Spanish conquistador named Juan Ponce de...

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