Bulgarian Pop Diva the 'Bride of all of Cuba' - Global Citizenship Summer School (sitios de interés)

Cuba and Bulgaria shared strong ties during the era of communist rule in Eastern Europe. Exchange was economical - about 40,000 Bulgarians worked in Cuba during the period, and there was significant export between the two countries - but also cultural. Bulgarian pop diva Yordanka Hristova was once called "the bride of all Cubans", and was so popular on Fidel Castro's island that Cuban families named their daughters after her. Yordanka is now a common name for Cuban women in their 30s.