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Contact points in Matanzas Map of City Triumvirato sugar mill - historical site of slave rebellion |
The City of MatanzasMatanzas is a city of 250,000 people 100 km east of Havana and is the capital of a province of the same name. It is a hemispheric seat of African culture, with many cabildos, or self help cultural organizations formed under slavery, and many music groups. The first of the cabildos dates back to 1806. Matanzas is a sister city to Pittsburgh, PA in a program that has enabled both sides to engage their respective institutions and resources in an open structure. It has for example made possible direct donations to the city hospitals in Matanzas through Global Link, which has a Treasury license to move medical aid. Matanzas Province was the site of a vicious US biowar attack in 1997 which had long lasting effects on the output of crops grown in the province. For more on the music in Matanzas, check out our music page under Matanzas for the groups and for the performers. See also www.afrocuba.org/emoma.htm for an interesting set of pages on artists in Matanzas maintained by Maria Esther Ortiz, whose own page is at www.afrocuba.org/maria.htm |
Matanzas Web Sites
www.atenas.inf.cu
Portal de Matanzas
http://www.atenas.cult.cu/
Ministry of Culture: watch this site!
Check out also the listings they have under Cultura Comunitaria, very grass roots:
http://www.cult.cu/cuba/mtzas/comunitaria.htm
University of Matanzas
http://www.cicei.ulpgc.es/unesco/redisa/umcc/
http://www.umtz.edu.cu/
Matanzas - Pittsburgh Sister City Links
Pittsburgh Matanzas Sister City Association
www.uscsca.org
Carlotta and the Triumvirato slave rebellion
Carlota, a slave woman, takes up the machete to lead a slave uprising at the Triunvirato sugar mill, in Matanzas, and is killed. Her name was later given to Cuba's operation Black Carlota in Southern Africa, which culminated in the battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the defeat of the South African army in pitch battle. See photos.
Municipios de Matanzas
www.guije.com/pueblo/municipios/matanzas/indexe.htm
Contact points in Matanzas
Cultura Provincial
Felix Garcia, Jefe: 011 53 52 2210
fax: 011 53 52 48.45 and 46.72
Poder Popular, "el gobierno"
President: Victor Ramirez
phone: 011 53 52 50.81
fax: 011 53 52 53153
Hotel Louvre
011 53 52 40.74
Located right on Parque de la Libertad, the city's main square. Has running water on
occasion... Can be noisy at night. But it's the only place in Matanzas itself.
The other hotels near Matanzas are Hotel del Valle, 2 or 3 km away, and the
Canimao, 3km away.
Translation Services
Omara Leicea Perez
Weather in Varadero, 40km from Matanzas
http://tgsv7.nws.noaa.gov/weather/current/MUVR.html
Matanzas page, info on Varadero
http://www.dtcuba.com/esp/cuba_mat.asp
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