| |  | | | Cuba | Latitude: 23.13194 N Longitude: -82.36417 W Capital: Havana | | | | | | | | Travel in Cuba A total of 9 members have visited 19 locations in Cuba. Together they have written 5 travel stories and uploaded 165 pictures from Cuba. Last visit in Cuba was made 2008-02-23 by j_onthego who was in Veradero. Have you been to Cuba? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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Short introduction to Cuba
Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the country together since. Cuba's communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. 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. Havana portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, or falsified visas - is a continuing problem. Some 3,000 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2000; the US Coast Guard interdicted only about 35% of these.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Cuba  | Chez Nous, Habana | | V and I just spent 3 days (2 nights) in Habana, Cuba.
Habana is divided into two main parts, Habana Vieja (old Habana) and the rest. We stayed in Habana Vieja and, owing to the very short amount of... |
| | | |  | From Soviet Canuckistan to Communist Cuba | | This trip started in Australia. When I went there last year, I bought a round-the-world ticket as it seemed a shame to travel so far and not seem some other bits of the planet. I hadn’t actually plann... |
| | | |  | Welcome to this beautiful country! | | Hola Everybody! We have been in Habana for 3 days, on a very luxurious hotel! So we're packin' up our bags tomorrow to look for a more natural hotel for two backpackers! That's all for now people, no ... |
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