... dance to Merengue. Accompanying the dancing there were groups of people who would play the instruments. The instruments usually included the Tres (three string guitar), guira, "maracas", tambora (two headed drum), the marimba (similar to a vibraphone). (Singer) Merengue has two distinctive rhythms played on the tambora, influenced either by African or Spanish decent. The reason for the two different types are ... in Cibao version is mainly encouraged by the Spanish descent. The African rooted Haitian version occurs mostly in southern parts of Dominican Republic, and has more of a drum s...

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... 200 other volunteers. In November 1493, they reached the Caribbean Islands. Although, they visited many other islands before reaching Hispaniola, present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic. They did reach the coast of Puerto Rico which would give Ponce de Leon a peek of his future role. In 1504, Ponce de Leon was appointed governor of the Higuey province in Puerto Rico. He ... 1521, Ponce de Leon set out on another voyage to Florida with two ships, about 200 men, and 50 horses and other domesticated animals. They then landed on the southwest coast of Florida. Ponce de Leon and his men wer...

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... release from prison, he traveled to Mexico, where he organized the 26th of July revolutionary movement. In 1956, Castro and an armed group of about 80 men landed on the coast of Oriente province, Cuba. Most were killed or captured. Castro, Ra l, Ernesto Guevara, and nine others retreated into the Sierra Maestra of southwestern Oriente province to wage guerrilla warfare against ... of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government. On Apr. 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. Trained since May, 1960, in Guatema...

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... protectionism, the colonies demanded compensation for the Act, they wanted the imperial Government to destroy the slave trade that supplied their competition with free labour, demanded free access to the coast of Africa to procure free immigrant labour, removal of restrictions on rum and molasses and later the abolishment of the Navigation Act. Their demands were not fully granted. They were ... not given access to the coast of Africa but rather allowed to recruit elsewhere. The tax on rum was lowered but not eliminated. They were given full liberty to regulate their own customs duties,...

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... alive to take them back to Africa but instead of do what they command them they went to U.S. anyway. When they saw land some of the Africans went to the coast to look for water. But when they were there an U.S. Army ship appeared and captures them all including the ones that were in the ... coast. Them they take the Africans to a jail where they would be retain until the court decide what to do with them. Then a lot of people get interested in the case. ... ...

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... Minister Richelieu to Martinique in 1626 to form and exploit a new colony. Colonization finally took off in July of 1635 with the settling of Pierre Belain d" Esnambuc on the western coast of the island. Within four years the French had started a system of direct rule, importing both indentured French servants and slaves purchased from the African ... coast. Early production on the island included tobacco and cotton and required very little labor. In 1640 the company suffered financial problems and was forced to sell the island to French ... ...

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... reason so many Cubans are trying to get away from Cuba is that Communism is such a threat to their life that they would rather live in the US. The US Coast Guard apprehended only about 35% of the people who were attempting to get out of Cuba. Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US. Some 2,400 Cubans arrived ... ). Cuba's climate is tropical, with the heat moderated by trade winds. The dry season is from November to April and the rainy season is from May to October. The east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to October. In general, the country averages about one hurr...

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... of its crystal beaches. This is the top place to visit when traveling to Cuba. The town of Trinidad was founded in the 16th century and is located on Caribbean coast near the Escambray Mountains. It has been listed as Unesco's World Heritage site because of its famous attraction sites, its beautiful colonial architecture, and it offers the window to the ... ...

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... be highly unsuccessful due to nine being killed and an additional 56 were executed after being captured. Their first victory took place in 1957 at an army outpost on the coast where they inspired many others in the country to take their side. Batista became outraged at Fidel Castro and sent an army of 10,000 men to fight him however ... ...

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... was pursuing. However, during Fidel's speech along with my brief stay in Cuba, I learned more about Cuba's history, culture and society than I ever bargained for. Only ninety miles off the coast of Florida, this island is prohibited for Americans to visit, however, it has been a significant part of U.S. history, from their independence from Spain to the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War ... ...

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... gather support from the Cuban population and protect Cuba from invasion. On April 17, 1961 Castro was quickly informed that military forces were attempting to land on the south central coast of Cuba, known as the Bay of Pigs. Cuban forces reacted quickly with power and efficiency to the attempted invasion. In the end, the plan formulated by the United States ... ...

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... a quarantine not. As this quarantine was put into place, twenty to thirty ships were discovered traveling towards Cuba. The U.S. Navy was to stop the ships eight hundred 4^miles off the coast of Cuba, and if they contained weapons, then they would just be sent away. All of the ships either stoped by the quaratine line or turned around, showing a success, until ... ...

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... Americans feared that the Soviets could make an attempt take out our air bases without our even realizing it until it was too late. In being so close to the U.S. coast, they could conduct strikes against our B-52 bases virtually undetected by our radar. This would eliminate our ability to strike back at them. Even when we realized they were attacking ... ...

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... their minds. Some Southern expansionists saw Cuba as an opportunity to gain slave territory. But because Northerners were against slavery, the plan was thrown out. Ships were stationed along the coast of Cuba, including the battleship "Maine."" The ship sank, fingers were pointed, and a war began; although, no one knows for sure why the ship sank. (As a personal theory, I think that ... ...

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In October of 1962 American spy planes discovered that the Soviets were secretly installing nuclear-armed missiles ninety-miles off the Florida coast, in Cuba. Secret meetings were held by John F. Kennedy to decide what to do. Kennedy flatly refused the air-force proposals for bombing strikes on the missile launching sites, but ... ...

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... an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles. On April 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bahí de Cochinos on the south coast of Cuba. The group of exiles were trained in Guatemala by members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and supplied with arms by the U.S. government, the rebels planned to invade ... ...

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Cuba is an island approximately 90 miles off the coast of America. It had been under US influence until Fidel Castro seized power in 1959. Fidel expelled many Americans from Cuba and took over the US companies that were based ... ...

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... had frontier lands, although the 1890 census had declared that there was no longer a "frontier line" in the nation. People had been moving west all the way to the California coast, and others were settling along the way. In the east, there were large cities, such as New York. In these cities became the place where immigrants would go to live ... ...

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... is the large number of limestone caverns. Most of the many rivers of Cuba are short and un-navigable. The main river is the Cauto, located in the Southeast. The coast of Cuba is very irregular and is indented by numerous gulfs and bays. The island also has a large number of harbors (www.cia.gov). The climate of Cuba is subtropical ... ...

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... English and the major religion is Protestantism. Transportation in Jamaica connects the entire country and movement thought out the island is very easy. There is a coastal highway traveling the whole coast. Air Jamaica and cruise ships make traveling to and from the island very easy. But despite all of the joys, there are very serious human-environmental interactions present. Mining on ... ...

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... moon. Another negative effect was the Cuban missile crisis. This was when Fidel Castro (the communist leader of Cuba) allowed Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet leader) to build naval bases off the coast of Cuba. This was a problem for the US because the base was 90 mi. away from Florida. Therefore, President Kennedy implemented a naval blockade around Cuba so no Soviet ships were ... ...

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... the 60's There were also other conflicts in the 60's like the bay of pigs invasion. In April of 1961 Cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs on the south coast of Cuba. They had been promised direct military attention, including air cover, to insure the invasion would go as planed. President Kennedy approved the invasion, but did not send any ... ...

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... arrested and imprisoned until 1955. After his release from prison, he traveled to Mexico, where he organized the 26th of July revolutionary movement. On December 2, 1956 he invaded the north coast of Oriente province, and with his brother Ra l, the revolutionary Che Guevara, and nine other rebels, Castro hid out in the Sierra Maestra Mountains and gathered support for a guerrilla campaign ... ...

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... Union had come close to a full-scale nuclear war. On October 14, 1962 US spy planes reported the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which is 90 miles off the coast of Florida. The first sighting reported the presence of a ballistic missile launching site. It was later discovered that the Soviet Union began shipments in early 1962, and placed medium- (MRBM ... ...

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