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Cuba:

Cuba is an archipelago whose borders are: North: Florida Peninsula (United States), separated by the Straits of Florida. South: Caribbean Islands, all bathed by the Caribbean Sea. East: Separated from the Spanish island by the Windward Passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. West: Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), separated by the Yucatan Channel.

Cuba has about 11 million inhabitants. The white population, which corresponds to the majority, is formed by the descendants of Spanish immigrants, although there is also a high level of miscegenation made up of whites, blacks and Chinese. Cuban culture is a combination of Spanish and African traditions. Popular music is the rumba and son, but also folk music like Guajiro point and tap dance and traditional African dances. The predominant religion in Cuba is the Roman Catholic Christianity, but they respect other such as Evangelicals, Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Methodists, Presbyterians, as well as Parallel Santeria or Regla de Ocha, that has been established and recognized as a religion. Cuba major exports are sugar, cigars, rum, coffee and nickel and imports are its main imports are oil refining, wheat, corn, poultry, concentrated milk. The name of the national currency is the Cuban Peso and the education is totally free.

Since the victory of the Cuban Revolution (1959), Cuba's political system has been a popular democracy with a communist ideology. For nearly fifty years, the country was ruled by Fidel Castro, first as prime minister in 1959 and then as president of the State Council, the highest executive body, and the Council of Ministers in 1976, currently commanded by his brother Raul Castro. The Republic of Cuba is member of: ACP, ALBA, AOSIS, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO.

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(n.d.). Retrieved April 01, 2016, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba

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