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|group =Cubans in the United Kingdom |
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|caption = The [[Carnival de Cuba]] in [[Southwark Park]], [[London]] |
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|poptime = '''Cuban-born residents'''<br>1,083 (2001 Census)<ref name=OECD>[http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls Place of birth data collated by OECD based on 2001 UK Census]</ref> |
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|popplace = [[Greater London]] |
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|langs = [[British English]]{{·}} [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
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|related = [[Spanish Briton]]{{·}} [[Britalian]]{{·}} [[Portuguese Briton]]{{·}} [[Hispanics]]{{·}} [[White Cuban]]{{·}} [[Afro-Cuban]]{{·}} [[Jewish Cuban]]{{·}} [[Chinese Cuban]]{{·}} [[Latin American Briton]]{{·}} [[Latino (demonym)|Latino]] |
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'''Cubans in the United Kingdom''' are [[Cuban people]] who were born in or have migrated to the [[United Kingdom]]. According to the 2001 Census, there were 1,083 Cuban-born people living in the UK.<ref name=OECD/> In 2001, the UK held host to the sixth largest number of Cuban emigrants on the planet (behind the [[USA]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Mexico]] and [[Canada]] respectively).<ref name=OECD/> |
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==Cuban culture in the UK== |
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The [[Carnival de Cuba]] is an annual carnival that celebrates [[Cuban culture]] in the UK, it is the largest such carnival in [[Europe]] and attracts around 50,000 visitors.<ref>[http://www.carnival-de-cuba.com/ Carnival de Cuba]</ref> |
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==Notable individuals== |
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Notable Cuban individuals in the UK include singer and former [[Another Level (band)|Another Level]] singer [[Dane Bowers]], writer [[Guillermo Cabrera Infante]] an exile of the Castro regime, ballet dancer [[Yat-Sen Chang]] (who is of [[Chinese Cuban]] origin), musician [[Omar Puente]], actor [[Marcus Patrick]], actress and former model [[Sienna Guillory]], [[William Montagu, 9th Duke of Manchester|William Montagu Iznaga]] a famous peer and Liberal politician and his mother [[María Consuelo Iznaga del Valle| Maria Consuelo Iznaga Clemens]], as well as [[Madonna (entertainer)#Personal life|Lourdes Ciccone-Leon]] (the daughter of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Carlos Leon]]) who lives in the UK.{{fact|date=March 2009}} |
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In January 2001, the corpses of two stowaway Cubans, Alberto Vazquez, 17, and Maikel Fonseca, 16 were discovered (one at [[Gatwick Airport]] and one in a [[Surrey]] field) after hiding in the undercarriage of a London-bound British Airways jet from the Cuban capital Havana.<ref>[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jan01/17e2.htm http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jan01/17e2.htm]</ref> This event shocked Cuba and even saw a personal investigation by then Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]].{{fact|date=September 2009}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[Carnival de Cuba]] |
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*[[Cuban people]] |
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*[[Cuban American]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.carnival-de-cuba.com/ Carnival de Cuba] |
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*[http://afrocuban.co.uk/afrocubanfiesta/index.html Afro Cuban Fiesta] |
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*[http://cubanculture.meetup.com/cities/gb/london/ Cuban social forum] |
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*[http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk Cuba solidarity campaign UK] |
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*[http://www.cubaldn.com/ Cuban Embassy in the UK] |
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{{Latin American British topics}} |
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{{AmericansinUK}} |
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Foreign relations of Cuba]] |
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[[Category:British people of Cuban descent| ]] |
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[[Category:British people of Latin American descent|Cuban]] |
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