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2 unusual facts about Cuban American


Annette Taberner

Annette M. Taberner-Miller, Ph.D. (born 1973) is a Cuban American Neuroscientist studying the dynamics of neurotransmitter release in the spinal cord at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

Edward Aguilera

The comparatively massive leaving of Menudo members at the time opened spaces for Abel Talamantez, Cuban American Ashley Ruiz, Puerto-Rican Andy Blazquez and Dominican Alexis Grullon, among others, to join the group.


Felix Varela High School

The school was named for Father Félix Varela (November 20, 1788 – February 27, 1853), a Cuban Roman Catholic Priest, human rights advocate, teacher, and an admired figure throughout the Cuban American exile community.

Miguel Franz Pinto

Miguel Franz Pinto (August 25, 1940, Sagua La Grande, Cuba — September 30, 2006, Cedar Falls, Iowa) was a Cuban American vocal coach, conductor, and pianist.

MusiCares Person of the Year

Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan received the award in 1994, followed by Americans Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones.


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Arnaz

Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Cuban American musician, actor and television producer

Arturo Fuente

In 2004 Cuban-American actor and director Andy García contacted Carlos Fuente, Jr. seeking to film scenes for the film The Lost City in the Fuente tobacco fields.

Brazz Dance Theater

Soledade is a native of Bahia, Brazil; in Music, Cuban-American composer Orlando Garcia created the original score to accompany the choreography; and Jacek Kolasinski the video artist from Poland contributed to the work through an installation at the performance site that echoes the strong transformation element present in the choreography.

Cristal Marie

Cristal Marie (born May 26, 1986, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican singer, songwriter, actress and performer who is best known for singing the opening theme of the North American telenovela "Pecados Ajenos" by Telemundo alongside Cuban-American singer Jencarlos Canela.

Cuban exile

Vigilia Mambisa - A group of Cuban-American demonstrators headed by Miguel Saavedra and known for their street-theater tactics and their rapid response to calls for protest aired on Miami Spanish-language stations such as WAQI AM-710 (Radio Mambi) and WWFE 670-AM (La Poderosa).

Cubana de Aviación Flight 455

The political pressure to grant Bosch a pardon was begun during the congressional campaign run by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, herself a Cuban American, and overseen by her campaign manager Jeb Bush.

Dave Sturt

Live work developed with Cuban/American guitarist Isaac Guillory, Thee na Shee, The Fraser Sisters, Andy Sheppard, Bosco D’Olivera and Bill Nelson.

Enrique Ros

Enrique Ros (born Enrique Emilio Ros y Pérez in Cienfuegos, Cuba, died April 10, 2013 in Miami, Florida) was a Miami based Cuban-American businessman and activist opposed to Cuban president Fidel Castro.

Fefu and Her Friends

Fefu and Her Friends was the fourteenth play by Cuban American playwright María Irene Fornés, originally written and produced in 1977.

Fort Worth Opera

The company booked its second main-stage world premiere, Before Night Falls by Cuban-American composer Jorge Martín, based on the memoirs of Cuban poet and writer Reinaldo Arenas.

Giral

Sergio Giral (born 1937), Black Cuban-American film writer and director

International Love

"International Love" is a song by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull from his sixth studio album, Planet Pit (2011).

Jess Rodriguez

Prior to 1999, Rodriguez was considered to be the first Latino to play in the league, however it was later discovered that Cuban-American, Lou Molinet played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1927.

John Henry Coatsworth

In the now defunct newspaper The New York Sun one Cuban American scholar criticized Coatsworth's preface to a book on "The Cuban Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century" on the grounds that Coatsworth's claim that Cuba's economy was only one of two in Latin America that grew in the 1980s was based on false data supplied by Cuban institutions that Coatsworth ought to have known were mouthpieces for government propaganda.

José Carreño

:For the Cuban-American ballet dancer (born 1968), see José Manuel Carreño.

Latino poetry

Latino poetry is best characterized by the works of Lorna Dee Cervantes,Cuban-American award winning Carlos Pintado, Giannina Braschi, Pedro Pietri, Martín Espada, and Alurista.

Luis Alfaro

He also contributed to the 1995 film Pochonovela, a collaboration between the Cuban American performer Coco Fusco and the LA-based Chicano performance ensemble, Chicano Secret Service.

Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo

Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo is a Cuban-American marketing executive and the current President of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba, the largest political party in Cuba other than the Communist Party of Cuba.

Maria Lopez

Maria Lopez (born 1953) is a Cuban-American former judge and a former television jurist on the syndicated court show, Judge Maria Lopez.

Martika's Kitchen

The Spanglish track "Mi Tierra", which features a guest vocal performance by Celia Cruz, is a lament of a Cuban-American's inability to visit her homeland.

Medianoche

It is served in many Cuban, Cuban-American, Puerto Rican, and other Latino communities in the United States.

Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival

Some of the talent from the 2010-2011 included Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, DJ Irie, DJ Nino, DJ Vertigo, Adam Carolla, teen rock group The Kicking Daisies, Cuban-American singer Albita, legendary salsa king Gilberto Santa Rosa and salsa duo Hansel y Raul.

Orlando Garcia

Orlando Jacinto Garcia (born 1954), Cuban American composer of contemporary classical music

Pedro Sanchez

Pedro A. Sanchez, Cuban-American soil scientist and World Food Prize Laureate

Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti

In 1991, Puerto Rican recording artist Lourdes Robles released her third studio album Definitivamente which was arranged and produced by Cuban-American musician Rudy Pérez.

Prida

Dolores Prida (1943–2013), Cuban-American columnist and playwright

Ruth Behar

Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love): A Cuban-American Woman's Search for Sephardic Memories (2002)

Shery

The album features 11 original songs written by Shery, a song written by legendary Spanish songwriter José Luis Perales, as well as duets with Italian producer / songwriter Francesco Sondelli, Guatemalan singer Jorge "El Bardo" and another with Cuban-American vocalist Daniel René, former member of Latin Pop band Menudo / MDO.