Havana Yacht Club
{{Short description|Yacht club}}
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Club Náutico de La Habana
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| opened_date =1885
| location =Marianao, Havana, {{CUB}}
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Havana Yacht Club now Julio Antonio Mella Social Club, (Spanish: Club Social Julio Antonio Mella) was a prominent yacht and social club in Havana, Cuba.
Early history
The Havana Yacht Club was founded and funded by Joseph White-Todd in 1885.{{cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc0170/id/3341/|title=Havana Yacht Club building|website=digitalcollections.library.miami.edu|access-date=2024-05-18}}
The Havana Yacht Club was located near the coastline of the La Concha Beach in Marianao on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
Platt, R. R. (1945). The new world guides to the Latin American republics (E. P. Hanson, Ed.; Rev. 2nd ed.). Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
The social club organized regattas and other nautical events.{{cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc0170/id/3821/rec/7|title=Julio Antonio Mella Worker's Social Club seen from the beach|website=digitalcollections.library.miami.edu|access-date=2024-05-18}}
In December 1930, Cuban Secretary Vivancos ordered the club to close, alleging it was one of several hubs for activities and a conspiracy against Gerardo Machado's administration.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/12/29/archives/cuba-bans-dances-on-eve-of-new-y-ear-permits-must-be-obtained-even.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.Es8G.HkZepEbITtJZ&smid=url-share|title=Cuba Bans Dances On Eve of New Year|website=nytimes.com|access-date=2024-05-26}} Among the club's board of directors members during the period were Juan Rivera, general manager of the National City Bank of New York in Havana, Dr. Juan Luis Rodriguez, and Manuel Aspuru, owner of the Toledo sugar mill. All of the board members were charged with conspiring to overthrow the government in January 1931, a claim they all denied.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/04/archives/cuba-arrests-22-as-revolt-plotters-police-raid-meeting-of-students.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.6XvD.8jeBH0CPS06D&smid=url-share|title=Cuba Arrests 22 As Revolt Plotters|website=nytimes.com|access-date=2024-05-26}} The Cuban state secretary issued an order on January 7, 1931, clearing the board of conspiracy charges and allowing the club to resume its social functions.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/01/08/archives/two-cuban-chiefs-confer-on-dangers-machado-and-menocal-discuss-need.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u00.WuXW.G4HQC0gn-OUM&smid=url-share|title=Two Cuban Chiefs Confer on Dangers {{Pipe}} The New York Times, January 8, 1931|website=nytimes.com|access-date=2024-05-26}}
Following the 1959 Revolution, it was renamed the Julio Antonio Mella Worker's Social Club (Spanish: Club Social de Trabajadores Julio Antonio Mella), also known as the Circulo Social Julio Antonio Mella, in 1961.
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Category:Cultural organizations based in Cuba