Cuba

the maximum prison at the guantanamo bay naval base in cuba?

No. The U.S. passed the Teller Amendment around the beginning of the Spanish-American War. The amendment declared that the U.S. would leave Cuba after it's independence from Spain was secured.

By the end of the 1800s, Spain had lost all of its New World colonies except Cuba and Puerto Rico. Many Cubans did not wish to be under Spanish rule, so they fled to Florida and other parts of the United States. At the same time, however, they still remained loyal to Cuba. Jose Marti, a Cuban writer living in New York, came to Tampa to gain supporters to help Cuba fight for its independence from Spain. Jose Marti was the leader of the revolution, but he was killed when he went back to Cuba to fight in it. Tomas Estrada Palma became the new leader and later the President of Cuba.The United States watched with interest as Cuba struggled for independence. The United States had millions of dollars invested in businesses in Cuba and there were many U.S. citizens in residence there. The U.S. also traded goods with Cuba.

In 1898, the United States assisted in war to protect its citizens and businesses in Cuba. This war was known as the Spanish-American War. The United States declared war on Spain after the U.S. warship, the Maine, exploded and sank on February 15, 1898 while visiting Havana, Cuba. No one really knows what caused the warship to explode, but the United States blamed Spain. Thousands of United States troops fought in Cuba. The cities of Tampa, Jacksonville, Fernandina, Lakeland, Pensacola, Key West, and Miami were used as military bases for the American troops.

Although most of the fighting took place in Cuba, the first major battle was not fought there. It was fought half way around the world in the harbor of Manila. Manila is located in the Philippine Islands, which were then ruled by Spain. The U.S. fleet, led by Commodore George Dewey, defeated the Spanish fleet there.

Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders went to Cuba to help in the fighting. The Rough Riders were a group of cowboys and college athletes. Theodore Roosevelt later became governor of New York and then president of the United States.The Spanish-American War lasted only a few months and was over when Spain signed a peace treaty giving the United States control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam. Cuba, however, became an independent country rather than a U.S. territory.

The Bay of Pigs occurred on April 17, 1961. The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to invade Cuba. John F. Kennedy was the U.S. President at the time.

The are directly below us. One reason we were feared with Cuba during the Cuba Missle Crisis, is that Cuba is closer to Washington DC than Texas is to Washington DC. That feared many politicians in the 60's.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The press played a tremendous part in leading the charge toward America's involvement in Cuba. Two publishers, William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, stood out among these opportunists. They perceived the conflict with Spain as their chance to increase circulation of their newspapers. Seizing upon the opportunity to capitalize on the growing spirit of American patriotism, Hearst and Pulitzer printed sensational anti-Spanish stories. Graphic illustrations commissioned from some of the country's most-talented artists and stories written by premiere authors and journalists of the day were fodder for fueling the flames of war. Together, Hearst and Pulitzer created a frenzy among the American people by reporting the alleged brutality of the Spanish toward the Cuban rebels. (However, acts of outrage committed by the Cubans were seldom mentioned.) By the time the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, the pro-war press had roused national sentiment to the point that President McKinley feared his political party would suffer if he did not engage in war with Spain.

The presence of Soviet Missiles on Cuba was a problem at the time because Cuba is only a few hundred miles from the US Coast, easily within reach. However, at the time the US had no Missiles that could reach the Soviet Union, so they could fire at us and we couldn't fire back.

11,451,652 is the population of cuba.

Cuba never had a formalized opposition, so when the Revolutions of 1989 spread over much of the communist world, no such thing occurred in Cuba. The Communist Party was the only ideological game in town.

People in Chile vote for them to be their leader. And that's how the leaders are chosen in Chile.

you take a test and do follow castros rules and do not sneak out any Cubans

* cuba could not trade with soviet union. * cuba could not store nukes in their country

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Yes. Cuba is under communist rule.

Yes, and you'll be pleasantly surprised at the level of service when you get there. All you need is a current passport.

Cuba, although changing slightly in more recent times, remains a Communist dicatatorship. The highest levels of the leadership decide what laws they wish enacted and enforced and do so without any input of its governed citizens.

if you're referring to the type of free elections that occur in democratic nations, Cuba has never had an election.

Raul Castro is the dictator in Cuba since Fidel is dead.

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It is known generally as the Bay of Pigs, for the location in Cuba where the attempted invasion took place.
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There is no legal drinking age, but you have to be 18 to purchase.

Fidel Castro officially stepped down as President of Cuba in 2008. His brother Raul Castro had been Acting President since 2006, and was given full Presidential status after Castro's resignation.

No. China is officially communist, as are Laos and Vietnam (although one would debate how truly communist these are). North Korea is not officially communist, but in every other respect, it is.