Transcript Cuba - mccomas13

By Asher,
and Athena
¡Les presentamos Cuba!
La capital de Cuba es Havana
• Havana is the capital of Cuba
• Havana is the biggest Cuban
city
•Its located on the northern coast
of Cuba 90 miles from Key West
El Presidente de Cuba es
Raul Castro
• Raul Castro is 82 years old
• He is the Cuban president
• He is the son of a Spanish
immigrant Angel Castro
• He assumed office in 2011
La poblacion Cuba is 11.27
milliones de personas
Los colores de la bandera
son rojo, blanco, Azul
Azul representa the three parts the country was
divided into during the independence war.
 Rojo representa the bloodshed to free the nation.
 Blanco representa the purity of the patriotic cause.
 Blanco star representa independence .
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El clima de Cuba es templado
La religion de Cuba es
Catolico
• After the communist revolution of 1959,
the government of Cuba restricted
religious practices
• 80% of Cubans are catholic
• Many Cubans think its not good for your
children to go to church.
Los deportes y pasatiempos
son beisbol, basquetbol,
and el boxeo
Los animales que viven aqui
son Cuban parakeet, bee
hummingbird, and the Cuban
crocodile.
La moneda
( How much is it worth compared to a US dollar )
=
Las comidas populares son
Black beans and rice
 Tostones (Flattened fried plaintains)
 And boliche
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El mapa
Key:
=La Cabana
= Havana cathedral
= Castillio San
Salvador la Punta
La cabana
• Served as a military
base and a prison
• Historical park
• Located at the
elevated eastern side
Havana cathedral
• Described as music set in stone
• It took from 1748 to 1777 to build.
• Its set in the former swamp plaza
Castillio san Salvador de la
punta
• Designed to protect the Havana Bay
• In 1595 a hurricane severely damaged the fortress,
among other reasons. It was so severely damaged
because of the thinness of its walls that were more solidly
rebuilt.
3 personas famosas
William Levy (Actor)
 Gloria Estafan (Singer)
 Alex Sanchez (Baseball)
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Holiday numero uno
Be
Free!
Cubans Independence day is
called
Dia de la Independencia which
celebrates Cuban independence.
October 10th 1868 A man named
Carlos Manuel de cespedes freed
his slaves starting a 10 year
independence war.
Finally
Free!
Holiday numero dos
January 2nd is Cuba’s
armed forces victory day.
On this day everyone
shoots a bullet into the air.