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Martin Diaz Tamayo (1904-1995) was an illiterate peasant from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, who joined the Cuban army at the age of sixteen and rose to the rank of major general.

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El día que un "lepero" fue rey de Inglaterra Juan de Lepe fue un marinero nacido en esta localidad onubense al que los avatares de la vida llevaron a la corte de Enrique VII, rey de Inglaterra, con quien entabló cierta amistad. De esta forma llegó a compartir con él largas veladas jugando a las cartas, llegando al extremo de que en cierta ocasión, el rey se jugó su corona a una sola mano (eso sí durante un solo día)... Juan ganó y se convirtió en efímero rey de Inglaterra (The little king), lo que aprovechó para dar una gran fiesta, además de para llenarse los bolsillos. En 1509...