CUBA

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CUBA
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People

• Pop. 11 million
• 60 Spanish descent, 20 mixed race, 11 African
  Descent, 1 Chinese
• 47 Catholic, 4 Protestant, 2 Santería

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Celebrities

• Fidel Castro
• Gloria Estefan
• Daisy Fuentes
• Rosie Ruiz
• Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna
• Although born in Argentina

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History

• 3500 BC, first inhabitants land on Cuba
• 1492 AD, Columbus sights Cuba
• 1514, Spain conquers Cuba
• 1868, First war of independence launched
• 1878, rebels granted amnesty
• 1898, Spanish-American war, Cuba loses, governed
  by US
• 1933, President Gerado Machado y Morales
  overthrown my Fulgencio Batista

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History Contd

• 1959, Batista Overthrown by guerilla movement led
  by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
• Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba
• Castro turns to Soviet Union, Cuba becomes
  Communist state
• 1961, Batista Supporters invade Bay of Pigs
• 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis

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Environment

• Cuba is 110,860 sq. miles
• 15th largest island in the world
• Capital City is Havana
• 105 miles from Key West, Florida

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Environment Contd

• Major Exports
• Sugar
• Minerals
• Tobacco
• Agricultural Medicine

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Tourist-Friendly Cities

• Havana
• Baracoa
• Pinar del Rio Province
• Santiago de Cuba
• Trinidad

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Tourism

• Viázul, Cubas most popular tourist bus
• Trains, but only between cities
• Car rental
• Hitchhiking
• All government vehicles
• Government-appointed Amarillo Officials

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Holidays

• Jan. 1, Liberation Day
• May 1, Labor Day
• July 25-27, Celebration of the National Rebellion
• Oct. 10, Day of Cuban Culture
• Christmas only observed publicly since 1997

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