Comedor
The place
Comedor ("Dining hall") in Pinar del Río province, in the Viñales/Sierra de los Órganos area (Viñales Valley, UNESCO, Cuba), at 33 m elevation, in the karst mogote landscape of the fertile valley. Continuous Cuba cluster (batches 260-402). Canteen/paladar cabin at the edge of a tobacco field (Viñales, an iconic tobacco village of 30,000 people, plus the UNESCO Valley, a 1999 cultural landscape with unique Jurassic karst mogotes, plus the Sierra de los Órganos, a 700 m karst range, plus Cuchillas Chorrera, plus the heritage of Cuban tobacco — Cohiba/Habanos, the Vueltabajo terroir), plus the heritage of the Guanahatabey/Cubans (the Guanahatabey, an Arawak people, and the Taíno, who disappeared in the 16th century, plus modern Cubans, 11 million people, Spanish Creole language, plus the iconic heritage of Columbus's 28 October 1492 landing, Cuba's first, plus the Spanish colony 1492-1898, plus the Spanish-American War of 1898 leading to US-backed independence, plus the 1901 Platt Amendment placing Cuba under US tutelage, plus the Batista dictatorship 1952-1959 backed by the mafia, plus the iconic Fidel Castro-Che Guevara revolution of 1 January 1959, plus the failed US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961, plus the iconic Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 — Kennedy and Khrushchev's 13 days that averted nuclear war — plus the US embargo in place since 1962, over 60 years, plus the 1991 fall of the USSR and the iconic Periodo Especial, plus Raúl Castro's 2008-2018 reforms, plus Miguel Díaz-Canel, president since 2018, plus the rare, iconic 11 July 2021 protests).
The setting
Pinar del Río, Viñales/Sierra Órganos, Viñales Valley UNESCO, Cuba, 33 m, karst mogotes fertile valley, continuous cluster batches 260-402, canteen/paladar cabin at tobacco field edge + Viñales iconic tobacco village 30,000 + UNESCO 1999 cultural landscape Jurassic karst mogotes + Sierra Órganos 700 m karst range + Cuchillas Chorrera + tobacco heritage Cohiba/Habanos Vueltabajo, Guanahatabey/Cubans Arawak Taíno disappeared 16th c. + modern Cubans 11 million Spanish Creole + Columbus 28 Oct 1492 Cuba's first landing + Spanish colony 1492-1898 + Spanish-American War 1898 + Platt Amendment 1901 US tutelage + Batista 1952-1959 mafia-backed + Castro-Che revolution 1 Jan 1959 iconic + Bay of Pigs April 1961 failed US invasion + Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 1962 Kennedy-Khrushchev 13 days nuclear war averted + embargo since 1962 60+ years + fall of USSR 1991 Periodo Especial + Raúl 2008-2018 + Díaz-Canel since 2018 + rare 11 Jul 2021 protests iconic.
