Culture of The Spanish Caribbean

Food and drink

• El cafecito cubano — A thimble of very sweet coffee with a foam on top, bought at a window in the street; a colada is the big one, for sharing between four or five at work.

Festivals and celebrations

• Carnaval de La Vega — Every Sunday in February a Dominican town fills with limping devils in handmade papier-mâché masks who are entitled to hit you, from behind, with an inflated bladder. It hurts; that is the point.

Literature and storytelling

• Literature and storytelling in The Spanish Caribbean

History

• History in The Spanish Caribbean

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• Bartolomé de las Casas — Bartolomé de las Casas
• El cafecito cubano — Cuban Coffee
• El carnaval de La Vega — The Carnival of La Vega
• El Morro de San Juan — El Morro in San Juan
• La abolición de la esclavitud en Cuba — The Abolition of Slavery in Cuba
• La Crisis de Octubre — The Missile Crisis
• La fundación de La Habana — The Founding of Havana
• La Habana Vieja — Old Havana
• La independencia de Santo Domingo — The Independence of Santo Domingo
• La Revolución cubana — The Cuban Revolution
• Los corsarios del Caribe — The Privateers of the Caribbean
• Los taínos y las palabras del Caribe — The Taíno and the Words of the Caribbean
• Un domingo en el Malecón — A Sunday on the Malecón
• Un taxi en Santo Domingo — A Taxi in Santo Domingo
• Versos sencillos — Simple Verses