Casa de Dagnier
The place
Casa de Dagnier in Holguín province, Rafael Freyre/Guardalavaca area (northeastern Cuba, Cuba), at 98 m elevation, on the Caribbean Atlantic coast. Continuous Cuba cluster (batches 250-368). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Cuba added around batch 285. Casa particular (guesthouse), a home-stay lodging system authorised since the 1997 reform under Fidel Castro, adopted as a tourism complement in response to the collapse of Soviet support during the 1990-1994 Special Period + Holguín, Cuba's 4th largest city, population 350,000 + Guardalavaca, a postcard beach with white sand + Fidel Castro's Sierra Maestra campaign 1953-1959, the Moncada attack on 26 July 1953, and the 26th of July Movement + the arrest of Ernesto Che Guevara on 8 October 1967 in La Higuera, Bolivia + heritage of the Taíno people (an Arawak people present in pre-colonial Cuba as early as 1200 BC, Yoruba/Taíno language, Yamayeka) + the Spanish arrival in 1492, with Columbus landing at Bahía de Bariay near Holguín + the colonial genocide that reduced the population from 50,000 to 3,000 within 50 years + Fidel Castro (1926-2016), an iconic revolutionary figure in the anti-imperialist struggle.
The setting
Holguín, Rafael Freyre/Guardalavaca, NE Cuba, Cuba, 98 m, Atlantic-Caribbean coast, continuous cluster batches 250-368, casa particular home-stay since the 1997 Castro reform, Special Period USSR collapse 1990-1994 + Holguín 4th largest in Cuba, pop. 350,000 + Guardalavaca white sand beach + Castro's Sierra Maestra 1953-1959, Moncada 26 July 1953, 26th of July Movement + Guevara arrested 8 Oct 1967, La Higuera, Bolivia, Taíno Arawak pre-colonial from 1200 BC, Yoruba/Taíno, Yamayeka + Columbus 12 Oct 1492, Bariay near Holguín + genocide reducing population from 50,000 to 3,000 in 50 years + Castro 1926-2016, revolutionary, COUNTRY ANOMALY, Cuba missing/added.
