Famous+People-Cuba

= __Famous People of Cuba__ =


 * =A. Fidel Castro=


 * Once was the leader of Cuba.
 * Started communism in Cuba.
 * Many people fled Cuba because of the communism.
 * Became partners with the Soviet Union.
 * Got hold of nuclear weapons.

|| =D. Alicia Alonso=
 * Famous ballerina
 * In 1950 she founds Cuban ballet schools
 * Born in 1920
 * In 1940 she joined the American Ballet Theatre.

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 * =B. Jose Marti=
 * He was a poet.
 * Main leader of the Cuban independence movement.
 * Wrote the unofficial Cuban anthem, "Guantanamera"
 * Mastermind of the second war of independence.
 * He was killed the first day of fighting in the second war.

|| =E. Ernesto Lecuona=
 * Musician.
 * He made his first record in 1917.
 * He was born in 1895
 * when he was 7 his father disappeared suddenly.
 * Ernesto wrote more than 400 songs.

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 * C. Celia Cruz

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 * Celia was born in Havana on October 21st 1924
 * Celia started singing in talent contests
 * in 1948 her first recordings were with Turpial label
 * Ceila had recorded for radio stations
 * in 1950 she filled in for lead singer from the band La Sonora Matanzera
 * in 1962 she married Pedro Knight
 * In 1966 Celia and Tito Puente made eight alblums for Tito Records
 * 1974 one of her alblums went gold soon she was in the band Fania
 * In 1988 Cruz was in the Hollywood production of Salsa
 * In 2003 Celia died of a cancerous brain tumor
 * In 2004 when her alblum came out, it was best Salsa music of the year
 * Famous baseball player.
 * Played for Boston RedSox.
 * Played for The New York Yankees.
 * Also Played for the Indians at the very begining of his career.

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