That house was headquarters for the Cuban-American security operation in the Little Havana neighborhood, the official said.

Mendoza was born in New York to Cuban-born parents, but raised in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.

Young Women's Preparatory Academy is a 6-12 magnet school for women only located in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

As the police were making an arrest in an Havana neighborhood recently, people yelled, "Hey, you're not respecting human rights!"

Leaders of the movement, which already claims 1,000 members, say they campaign on the grass-roots level, mostly in Havana neighborhoods.

Ms. Cruz grew up poor in Santos Suarez, a leafy Havana neighborhood of wide avenues and graceful homes.

In Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, there was more venom and fewer tears.

A similar list was drawn up for the Little Havana neighborhood around the future park: "Cuba, pastels, canopies, organic, and everything is unique."

Officials with the museum, a small white building in the city's Little Havana neighborhood, said they might go to court to try to force the city to renew the museum's lease.

There's a Bobblehead Museum, and plenty of local cuisine, including Cuban tastes of the park's Little Havana neighborhood.