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Cuba
A distance of 90 miles (144 kilometers) separates the Republic of Cuba from the United States of America. That distance is close enough for cultural if not political influences between the two countries. Contributors typically ask about Cuba's ancient Arawak, Ceboney and Taino past; brief forays into 20th century democratic politics; cultural contributions to world music and poetry; and political plans for the future.
1,858 Questions
What is one of the main tourist attractions in la habana?
Tourist Sites:
* Old Havana (La Habana Vieja) * Malecon, a seafront boardwalk that stretches almost the length of Havana * Jose Marti Memorial observatory * Museo de la Revolucion y Memorial Granma (Museum of the Revolution and Granma Memorial) * Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Ernest Hemingway stayed during much of the 1930s
Medical Tourism:
Havana Hospital is the largest and most prestigious teaching hospital in Cuba.
Who was the General in charge of Cuba?
The General who was in charge of Cuba was Arnaldo T. Ochoa Sanchez. He was executed in 1989after being found guilty of treason. He was executed by a firing squad.
How did Spain react to the Cuban rebels?
They sent their armies to crush the rebellion and they would have succeeded had the Americans not intervened in 1898.
Who is the Minister of Domestic Trade for Cuba?
Rene Mesa Villafana is the Minister of Construction for Cuba.
Cuba has had a real bad struggle since Fidel Castro took dictatorship of the country. Now things are changing for Cuba but the struggle has not ended.
Where and why did the US intervene in Cuba?
In Cuba the US blocked ships coming in from the Soviet union (because they were suspected to contain atomic bombs and other weaponary) and the initiated the Bay of Pigs, were top American undercover soliders tried to get into Cuba and destroy the bomb factories and help the people overthrow Fidel Castro and restore capitalism.
Who is the Minister of Communication for Cuba?
Amanda Davila Torrez is the Minister of Communication for Bolivia.
Platt Amendment
How do Cubans greet each other?
In Venezuela, people greet each other with a greeting appropriate for time of the day. Most common greetings are:
- Buenos Dias
- Buenos Tardes
- Buenos Noches
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What is the nearest ocean to Cuba?
well cuba is surronded by seas for example carrbian, atalantic and its right by the gulf of Mexico u decide there all exactly the same distance
Why did the US wish to attain a strong influence in cuba?
Cuba was, and is run, by a Communist government that used to have direct ties to the Soviet Union, until the Soviet Union gave up on Communism in the 1960s'. In the 1962, Cuba threatened the USA with nuclear missiles, given to them from the Russians. The USA told Russia to pull the nuclear missiles out of Cuba, or else! The Russians blinked, and took the missiles out of Cuba. The USA then took Our missiles out of Turkey. To be honest, before Fidel Castro installed a Communist government in Cuba, the government of Cuba was run by a corrupt dictator named Batista. In many ways, life in Cuba is better under Castro than it was under Batista. Cuba was not a great place to live when the government was corrupt & bought and sold to the highest bidder under Batista. With a leader like Batista, it is little wonder that Fidel Castro got the support of many of the Cuban people.
What are Cuba's factors of production?
There are many resources that come out of Cuba. The products include coffee, citrus fruits, fish, tobacco, and sugar.
What are Cuba's main sources of income?
Cuba grow a lot of sugar cane and its main source of income is sugar. Other top exports of Cuba include nickel, medical products, tobacco, and steel.
The capital of Panama is Panama City. It is located near the entrance of the Pacific Ocean to the Panama Canal on the Gulf of Panama. Panama City is bounded by water, which is where it got it's name, as Panama means 'many fish.' It was founded in the year 1519.
It depends where you are coming from . From Europe , Airbus A340 and A330 , Iberia , Air Europa , Condor and other airlines . Also , Boeing 747 Air France , 767 Martinair , and Il-96 Cubana . From Latin America , Il-96 , Il-62 , Tu 204 , Yak 42 , A320 , Il-18 , all operated by Cubana plus A320 , B737 , B727 of other airlines . From North America , Il-96 , A320 , A330 , B737 , B757 , MD-83 plus various turboprop twins from Miami .
The word "Cuba" comes form the Taino language. it either means "where fertile land is abundant" (cubao) or "great place" (coabana). People who believe that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese, state he might have named it after a town in Portugal called "Cuba".
How many square miles for Cuba?
Population is 2,700,000 according to 2007 estimated census.
Area is 278.4 sq mi (721 sq km).
How are Cuba and Puerto Rico alike?
The United States and Puerto Rico thus began a long-standing relationship. Puerto Rico began the 20th century under the military rule of the U.S. with officials, including the governor, appointed by the President of the United States. The Foraker Act of 1900 gave Puerto Rico a certain amount of civilian popular government, including a popularly elected House of Representatives, also a judicial system following the American legal system that includes both state courts and federal courts establishing a Puerto Rico Supreme Court and an United State District Court; and a non-voting member of Congress, by the title of "Resident Commissioner. In 1917, "Puerto Ricans were collectively made U.S. citizens" via the Jones Act. The same Act also provided for a popularly elected Senate to complete a bicameral Legislative Assembly, a bill of rights and authorized the election of a Resident Commissioner to a four year term. As a result of their new U.S. citizenship, many Puerto Ricans were drafted into World War I and all subsequent wars with U.S. participation in which a national military draft was in effect.
CommonwealthIn 1947, the U.S. granted Puerto Ricans the right to elect democratically their own governor. Luis Muñoz Marín was elected during the 1948 general elections, becoming the first popularly elected governor of Puerto Rico. In 1950, the U.S. Congress approved Public Law 600 (P.L. 81-600) which allowed for a democratic referendum in Puerto Rico to determine whether Puerto Ricans desired to draft their own local constitution. This Act left unchanged all the articles under the Jones Act of 1917 that regulated the relationships between Puerto Rico and the United States.On October 30, 1950, Pedro Albizu Campos and other nationalists led a 3-day revolt against the United States in various cities and towns of Puerto Rico. The most notable occurred in Jayuya and Utuado. In the Jayuya revolt, known as the Jayuya Uprising, the United States declared martial law and attacked Jayuya with infantry, artillery and bombers. The Utuado Uprising culminated in what is known as the Utuado massacre. On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate President Harry S Truman. Torresola was killed during the attack, but Collazo was captured. Collazo served 29 years in a federal prison, being released in 1979. Don Pedro Albizu Campos also served many years in a federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia, for seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government in Puerto Rico.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico was approved by a Constitutional Convention on February 6, 1952, ratified by the U.S. Congress, approved by President Truman on July 3 of that year, and proclaimed by Gov. Muñoz Marín on July 25, 1952, on the anniversary of the arrival of U.S. troops to Puerto Rico in 1898, until then an annual Puerto Rico holiday. Puerto Rico adopted the name of Estado Libre Asociado (literally translated as "Free Associated State"), officially translated into English as Commonwealth, for its body politic. The United States Congress legislates over many fundamental aspects of Puerto Rican life, including citizenship, currency, postal service, foreign affairs, military defense, communications, labor relations, the environment, commerce, finance, health and welfare, and many others.
During the 1950s Puerto Rico experienced rapid industrialization, due in large part to Operación Manos a la Obra ("Operation Bootstrap"), an offshoot of FDR's New Deal, which aimed to transform Puerto Rico's economy from agriculture-based to manufacturing-based. Presently, Puerto Rico has become a major tourist destination, and it is the world's leading pharmaceutical manufacturing center. Yet it still struggles to define its political status. Three plebiscites have been held in recent decades to resolve the political status but no changes have been attained. Support for the pro-statehood party, Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), and the pro-commonwealth party, Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), remains about equal. The only registered pro-independence party, the Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP), usually receives 3-5% of the electoral votes.
Actually Hispanic or Latino isn't a race at all. Example, Most of central America ( Mexican Guatemalans, etc.) Are mixed of Native American and the Spanish setters from Spain. (Europe). For Hispanics/ Latinos in the carribean, ( Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc) Are mixed with mostly European ( Spanish, Italian) and some North Eastern African, AND Natives who came to the Islands.
Why were missiles sent to Cuba?
To avoid war between the Soviet Union & the United States. The Soviet Union also realized the mistake of putting its nuclear weapons in Cuba where Castro could gain control of them. Castro's communist Cuba would have had the potential to start a world-wide nuclear war, even if the Soviet Union didn't want it. Also the Soviet Union was building submarines that could launch nuclear weapons against the United States, so the weapons in Cuba would not be as important as before.
