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Title: CUBA


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

3
Celebrities
  • Fidel Castro
  • Gloria Estefan
  • Daisy Fuentes
  • Rosie Ruiz
  • Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna
  • Although born in Argentina

4
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

5
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

6
Environment
  • Cuba is 110,860 sq. miles
  • 15th largest island in the world
  • Capital City is Havana
  • 105 miles from Key West, Florida

7
Environment Contd
  • Major Exports
  • Sugar
  • Minerals
  • Tobacco
  • Agricultural Medicine

8
Tourist-Friendly Cities
  • Havana
  • Baracoa
  • Pinar del Rio Province
  • Santiago de Cuba
  • Trinidad

9
Tourism
  • Viázul, Cubas most popular tourist bus
  • Trains, but only between cities
  • Car rental
  • Hitchhiking
  • All government vehicles
  • Government-appointed Amarillo Officials

10
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

11
Republica
de
CUBA
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