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Cuba
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| Short Information | Capital: Havana
Language: Spanish
Currency: Cuban peso (CUP) | |
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 PRIVATE GUIDES OF Cuba | | Anley Rosales Benitez - My names is Anley I live in Cuba. I am 24 years old. | | USA Cuba Travel - If you are an American who is planning a trip to Cuba, you've just found the right travel agency. More than 100,000 Americans visited Cuba last year, Cuba is among the world's fastest growing travel destinations USA CUBA TRAVEL will help you travel to Cuba!. |  See all private and personal guides of Cuba |
| PRIVATE TOURS IN Cuba | | Day trip & tours City of Havana - Visits to museums Departure from the hotel to Old Havana. Visits to the Captain General's Museum, the National Capitol and the Revolution Museum (3 hours) Re-discovering Ernest Hemingway Departure to La Vigía Estate, Visit to the former house of the famous writer Ernest Hemingway, Visit to Cojímar, Visit to the Marina Hemingway tourist complex. | | Havana-Santiago- Bayamo and The Mountains La Plata - In Havana the tour will depend on the time you have but you won`tbe dissapointing of visiting Havana, Santiago, Bayamo and also Trinidad and the second most beautiful beach in the country Guardalavaca and the third one Pesquero. Bayamo en coche (carriage) is a tour around the city that got burned by its onwn settlers instead of letting it to the Spaniards that had conquered the country. | | See all private and personal tours in Cuba |
| General details about Cuba |  CAPITAL CITY OF Cuba: Havana
LANGUAGE OF Cuba: Spanish
CURRENCY OF Cuba: Cuban peso (CUP)
COMMENTS ABOUT Cuba:
Cuba is the largest Caribbean island, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Cities : Havana (capital), Baracoa, Pinar del Rio, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba,
Trinidad
Best Places : Baracoa, Cayo Largo, Holguin, Jardines del Rey, Maria la Gorda, Varadero, Vinales
Electricity : 110V/60Hz or 220V/60Hz (North American, European, or Italian plug)
Calling Code : +53
Time Zone : UTC -5
The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the coffee and sugar plantations and Havana became the launching point for the annual treasure fleets bound for Spain from Mexico and Peru. Spanish rule was severe and exploitative and occasional rebellions were harshly suppressed. It was US intervention during the Spanish-American War in 1898 that finally overthrew Spanish rule. The subsequent Treaty of Paris established Cuban independence, which was granted in 1902 after a three-year transition period. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the regime together since then. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually. Cuba portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, air flights, or via the southwest border - is a continuing problem. Some 2,500 Cubans attempted the crossing of the Straits of Florida in 2003; the US Coast Guard apprehended about 60% of the individuals.
CLIMATE OF Cuba: tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
RELIGION OF Cuba: nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
POPULATION OF Cuba: 11,308,764 (July 2004 est.)>
ECONOMY OVERVIEW OF Cuba: The government continues to balance the need for economic loosening against a desire for firm political control. It has undertaken limited reforms to increase enterprise efficiency and alleviate serious shortages of food, consumer goods, and services. A major feature of the economy is the dichotomy between relatively efficient export enclaves and inefficient domestic sectors. The average Cuban's standard of living remains at a lower level than before the depression of the 1990s, which was caused by the loss of Soviet aid and domestic inefficiencies. The government reluctantly allows a large dollar market sector, fueled by tourism and remittances from Cubans abroad.
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