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Borrero conquista el primer oro para Cuba en Río

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Ismael Borrero logró este domingo la primera medalla de oro para Cuba en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río 2016 tras imponerse en la categoría de 59 kilos de lucha grecorromana.

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The Cross of Parra has been declared a National Monument and a Treasure of the Nation by the Cuban Government. This tells us a lot about what's going on with Religion in Cuba today.

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Si eres un amante de la gastronomía en tus viajes no debes perderte la comida típica cubana. Aparte de su cultura, placeres, playas, deportes, en Cuba podrás disfrutar de una gran variedad de platos imprescindibles.

La comida típica cubana está influenciada por indígenas de África, árabes, chinos, portugueses y culturas españolas. A lo largo de los siglos, todos ellos introdujeron especias como el ajo, el comino, el orégano, el laurel. La gente de Cuba utiliza carne, verduras frescas y frutas, siendo todos ellos los integrantes más importantes en los platos de comida cubana. En nuestra ruta en coche por Cuba probamos de todo (Recuerda que ya se puede hacer por internet y, tras todos los correos que nos envíais, tienes toda información explicada en "Alquiler de coche en Cuba: comparativa y precios")

Comida típica cubana: 12 platos imprescindibles que deberías probar

Ropa Vieja

Ropa Vieja es el plato típico cubano más representativo. Su nombre proviene de su aspecto. El origen exacto de esta comida es un misterio, algunos dicen que llegó a Cuba de las Islas Canarias, aunque no hay referencias históricas de este hecho.

Arroz con pollo

Es uno de los platos preferidos en Cuba. El arroz para este plato es el arroz de grano corto de estilo Valenciano, el mismo que se utiliza para la paella. A diferencia de ésta no se usa el tradicional azafrán sino que en su lugar usan el Achiote Petróleo, para dar la coloración amarilla.

Frijoles negros cubanos / Moros y Cristianos

Ningún otro plato típico cubano, es mejor representado que los Moros y Cristianos. Los frijoles negros son servidos con arroz blanco esponjoso. Algunos cubanos sirven arroz con frijoles separados, y otros lo mezclan. Puedes pedirlo de ambas formas.

Sándwich cubano

Hay un montón de formas de servirte el sándwich cubano, pero uno sólo es el tradicional. El auténtico sándwich cubano no llevará mayonesa, tomates, lechugas, cebollas, pimientos o jalapeños. La carne de cerdo le da el auténtico sabor.

Vaca frita

Este es un plato típico cubano, debido a su textura crujiente. Es muy parecido a la Ropa Vieja, pero sin tomates. Lleva cebolla, ajo, limón, sal y res.

Congrí

Una receta de la cocina de Cuba que mezcla de arroz y caraotas negras. Tiene algunas variaciones, depende en la región que lo pidas y del cocinero. Su origen parece ser africano.

Picadillo a la Criolla

Posiblemente otro de los más conocidos entre las comidas típicas cubanas. Lleva muchos productos españoles, carne de res, cerdo, jamón, cebolla, pimiento, ajo, tomates, uvas pasas, aceitunas, alcaparras, comino, laurel, y otros ingredientes. Se sirve con arroz blanco y plátanos maduros fritos.

Ajiaco

Su origen no se sabe con exactitud. Lo que sabemos es que los cubanos lo comen desde comienzos del Siglo XVI. En su preparación lleva carne seca, arrachera, carne de cerdo, espigas de maíz, malanga, plátanos verde, yuca, calabaza, limas, sal y pimienta.

Rabo Encendido

Este plato típico cubano picante es un delicioso estofado preparado con rabo de buey. Se sirve caliente sobre el arroz.

Yuca con Mojo

¿Eres vegetariano? Si respondes que sí, disfruta de este plato hecho, como sugiere su nombre, con yuca y una salsa especial llamada mojo.

Caldosa

Está elaborado a base de viandas, carnes, especias y gran diversidad de vegetales. Muchas veces se le confunde con el ajiaco pero este plato el del oriente de Cuba.

Langosta

Una de las opciones más habituales de platos típicos que ofrecen las casas particulares cubanas como alojamiento es la langosta, que de diferentes formas y muy bien presentada suele ser un lujo para el viajero. Nosotros la probamos en varias ocasiones.

Algunos lugares donde probar la mejor cocina cubana

Son muchos los restaurantes o locales cubanos donde podrás probar los platos más tradicionales de la comida típica cubana. Seguro que te suena nombres como El Asturianito o Los Nardos, pero a continuación te proponemos algunos de los mejores para catar las mejores recetas de la cocina de Cuba

Dona Eutimia

Un restaurante con comida criolla exquisita, se encuentra en el corazón de La Habana muy cerca de La Catedral en el Callejón del Chorro (Callejón del Chorro #60-C, Plaza de la Catedral, Habana Vieja)

Sus platos típicos cubanos más representativos son: las frituras de malanga, los tostones rellenos, la habanera, la ropa vieja preparado con carnero y los frijoles negros que siempre acompaña a cada plato (7-15 CUC)

Porto Havana

Una excelente comida, un servicio muy bueno, y calidad/precio equilibrado. Vas a tener una vista panorámica del malecón habanero (Calle E N° 158 B piso 11 entre calzada y 9na Vedado).

San Cristóbal Paladar

Comida muy buena. Es preparado por un gran chef (el mismo dueño). Es una antigua casona restaurada por un arquitecto, cuidado es sus más mínimos detalles, excelente calidad/precio, con 20 CUC comes como rey (San Rafael N° 469)

La Guarida

Vas a degustar los mejores platos de La Habana, posiblemente todos los que te hemos sugerido que pruebes (Concordia N° 418 / Gervasio y Escobar, Centro Habana)

Don Ávila

Don Ávila impresiona por su elegante ambiente, su tienda de puros con el toque clásico de los años 50 y su servicio muy amable. También destaca por su comida criolla, una suculenta sopa de verduras con un toque de lima enana, tostones de plátano frito, brocheta gigante con carne de pollo, cerdo y ternera, y por supuesto acompaño con el arroz congrí. Está ubicado en Ciego de Ávila.

Acabamos de ver la comida típica cubana y los restaurantes que debes visitar sí o sí, ¿cuáles crees tú que podrían faltar en la lista de platos? !Imprímetelos ya para tu viaje y nos cuentas a la vuelta!

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Comida típica cubana: 12 platos imprescindibles

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Si eres un amante de la gastronomía en tus viajes no debes perderte la comida típica cubana. Aparte de su cultura, placeres, playas, deportes, en Cuba podrás disfrutar de una gran variedad de platos imprescindibles. La comida típica cubana está influenciada por indígenas de África, árabes, chinos, portugueses y culturas españolas.

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Tras derribar a Batista hizo de su enfrentamiento con EE UU la gran razón de ser de la revolución. Durante 47 años, ejerció el mando absoluto en Cuba

Fidel Castro posa con la Habana al fondo en 1994. jerad rancinan

Castro, en una localización sin identificar en Cuba, el 26 de febrero de 1957.

El experto en América Latina analiza el relevo de Raúl Castro por Miguel Díaz-Canel en la Presidencia

Con las elecciones municipales del 26N el Gobierno cubano perdió una oportunidad para moverse, al menos, hacia el autoritarismo competitivo

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Tras derribar a Batista hizo de su enfrentamiento con EE UU la gran razón de ser de la revolución.

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008.

Castro's regime was successful in reducing illiteracy, stamping out racism and improving public health care, but was widely criticized for stifling economic and political freedoms. Castro's Cuba also had a highly antagonistic relationship with the United States-most notably resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The two nations officially normalized relations in July 2015, ending a trade embargo that had been in place since 1960, when U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba were nationalized without compensation. Castro died on November 25, 2016, at 90.

Fidel Castro: Early Years

Castro was born on August 13, 1926, in Birán, a small town in eastern Cuba. His father was a wealthy Spanish sugarcane farmer who first came to the island during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). His mother was a domestic servant for his father's family who bore him out of wedlock. After attending a couple of Jesuit schools-including the Colegio de Belén, where he excelled at baseball-Castro enrolled as a law student at the University of Havana. While there, he became interested in politics, joining the anti-corruption Orthodox Party and signing up for what became an aborted coup attempt against the brutal Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo.

Did you know? In addition to the Bay of Pigs invasion, the United States made several failed attempts on Fidel Castro's life, including poisoning his cigars with Botox.

In 1950, Castro graduated from the University of Havana and opened a law office. Two years later, he ran for election to the Cuban House of Representatives. The election never happened, however, because Batista seized power that March. Castro responded by planning a popular uprising. "From that moment on, I had a clear idea of the struggle ahead," he said in a 2006 "spoken autobiography."

Castro's Revolution Begins

In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The assault failed, Castro was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and many of his men were killed. The U.S.-backed Batista, looking to counter his authoritarian image, subsequently released Castro in 1955 as part of a general amnesty. Castro ended up in Mexico, where he met fellow revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and plotted his return.

The following year, Castro and 81 other men sailed on the yacht "Granma" to the eastern coast of Cuba, where government forces immediately ambushed them. The estimated 19 survivors, including Castro, his brother Raúl and Guevara, fled deep into the Sierra Maestra Mountains in southeastern Cuba with virtually no weapons or supplies.

The small band of survivors rearmed itself by first launching raids on small army posts and then using the weaponry acquired there to attack larger posts. By early 1957 they were already attracting recruits and winning small battles against Rural Guard patrols.

"We'd take out the men in front, attack the center, and then ambush the rear when it started retreating, in the terrain we'd chosen," Castro said in his spoken autobiography. In 1958, Batista tried to snuff out the uprising with a massive offensive, complete with air force bombers and naval offshore units. The guerrillas held their ground, launched a counterattack and wrested control from Batista on January 1, 1959. Castro arrived in Havana a week later and soon took over as prime minister. At the same time, revolutionary tribunals began trying and executing members of the old regime for alleged war crimes.

Castro's Rule

In 1960, Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses, including oil refineries, factories and casinos. This prompted the United States to end diplomatic relations and impose a trade embargo that still stands today. Meanwhile, in April 1961, about 1,400 Cuban exiles trained and funded by the CIA landed near the Bay of Pigs with the intent of overthrowing Castro. Their plans ended in disaster, however, partially because a first wave of bombers missed their targets and a second air strike was called off. Ultimately, more than 100 exiles were killed and nearly everyone else was captured. In December 1962, Castro freed them in exchange for medical supplies and baby food worth about $52 million.

Castro publicly declared himself a Marxist- Leninist in late 1961. Ostracized by the United States, Cuba was becoming increasingly dependent on the Soviet Union for economic and military support. In October 1962, the United States discovered that nuclear missiles had been stationed there, just 90 miles from Florida, setting off fears of a World War III. After a 13-day standoff, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the nukes against the wishes of Castro, who was left out of the negotiations. In return, U.S. President John F. Kennedy publicly consented not to reinvade Cuba and privately consented to take American nuclear weapons out of Turkey.

Cuban Life Under Castro

After taking power, Castro abolished legal discrimination, brought electricity to the countryside, provided for full employment and advanced the causes of education and health care, in part by building new schools and medical facilities. But he also closed down opposition newspapers, jailed thousands of political opponents and made no move toward elections. Moreover, he limited the amount of land a person could own, abolished private business and presided over housing and consumer goods shortages. With political and economic options so limited, hundreds of thousands of Cubans, including vast numbers of professionals and technicians, left Cuba, often for the United States.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Castro supplied military and financial aid to various leftist guerilla movements in Latin America and Africa. Meanwhile, relations with many countries, with the notable exception of the United States, began to normalize. Cuba's economy foundered when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s and the United States expanded sanctions even further. Yet Castro, who by this time had switched his title from prime minister to president, found new trading partners and was able to cling to power until 2006, when he temporarily gave control of the government to Raúl after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery. Two years later, in 2008, he permanently resigned.

In 2015, U.S. and Cuban officials announced they had agreed to terms on the normalization of relations between the two nations, with mutual embassies and diplomatic missions opening in each country.

Castro died on November 25, 2016, at the age of 90. His death was announced on state television and later confirmed by his brother Raúl. Castro's ashes were buried in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in the Cuban city of Santiago.

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Fidel Castro was a communist revolutionary who established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. During his tenure as president of Cuba (1976-2008), Castro survived multiple assassination attempts by the CIA.