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|caption = The [[Carnival de Cuba]] in [[Southwark Park]], [[London]] |
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|poptime = 1,083 Cuban-born (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><br>'''Estimates including ancestry:'''<br><small>'''15,000'''<ref>http://translate.roseville.ca.us/ma/enwiki/en/Cuban_British</ref> |
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At least 0.01% of the UK's population</small> |
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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/>, and by most recent estimates it is estimated that up to 15,000 Cubans are currently living in the UK. 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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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. This event shocked Cuba and even saw a personal investigation by then Cuban President [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jan01/17e2.htm http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y01/jan01/17e2.htm]</ref> |
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[[Cuban culture]] including forms of [[salsa dancing]], [[latin music]], [[tapas|cuban tapas]] and [[cuban cigars]] have become extremely popular in the United Kingdom. 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> The UK and Cuba maintain strong links with the British city, [[Glasgow]] being the only city outside of the [[Americas]] to be twinned with a Cuban city, in this case the capital [[Havana]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2482853.stm</ref> |
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==Notable individuals== |
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Notable Cuban individuals in the UK include singer and former [[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), 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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==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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{{Reflist}} |
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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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