Baracoa
Americannoun
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Oscar made landfall as a category one hurricane near the city of Baracoa in eastern Cuba on Sunday afternoon local time before weakening to a tropical storm.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024
Hundreds of homemade, rickety boats have left this year from the shores of Baracoa, a fishing village west of Havana where Mr. García, 34, lives — so many that locals call the town “Terminal Three.”
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2022
The veteran bicyclist departed with a dozen others from the island nation’s eastern tip of Baracoa and traveled the tail wind about 700 or 800 miles to Havana.
From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2017
Hurricane Matthew reduced much of the Cuban town of Baracoa to rubble, whipping up giant waves that demolished cement buildings and winds that tore off roofs, but there's one thing it didn't do: take lives.
From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2016
Jorge called last night from Baracoa, and when Lourdes told him where I’d gone, he became very upset.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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