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Background: 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. The US Coast Guard intercepted 1,498 individuals attempting to cross the Straits of Florida in 2004.



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Areas in Centro: Camagüey | Cienfuegos | Nuevitas | Santa Clara | Trinidad

47 days ago: meditech published a blog
CUBA - das Land
May 16th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Trinidad
hi ihr lieben, wir haben es also nach cuba geschafft! nachdem wir unser auto voruebergehend in besitz genommen haben, sind wir ins land des gruenen goldes nach viñales aufgebrochen. wiedermal ... [full story]

Trinidad and Playa Ancon
50 days ago: NickiG published a blog
Trinidad and Playa Ancon
May 4th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Trinidad
Trinidad is about 4 hrs drive from Havana on the South Coast of the Island, about half way across. We decided that as we didn't have that much time in Cuba, we'd divide the time up half-half between H ... 21 photos [full story]

69 days ago: friedemann published a blog
santa clara libre
April 26th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Santa Clara
A stressing day has arrived, because we want both to visit the two revolutionary memorials in town as well as arrive not too late in Havana. First on the menu is visiting the ‘train memorial&rsq ... [full story]

Trinidad time
72 days ago: grantnfamily published a blog
Trinidad time
March 26th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Trinidad
We hitched a ride in Les and Yaremis' tiny little Hyundai to Trinidad, where we enjoyed son and salsa music every night. There are lots of foreigners here, mostly European, so it felt like a backpacke ... 20 photos [full story]

The pleasant city of Cienfuegos
72 days ago: grantnfamily published a blog
The pleasant city of Cienfuegos
March 21st 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Cienfuegos
We caught the tourist bus to Cienfuegos, since we're not allowed to take the local buses between provinces, and the organized hitch-hiking system all the Cubans use is forbidden for foreigners. ... 18 photos [full story]

73 days ago: friedemann published a blog
railroad to guantanamo
April 23rd 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro
Next day, after solving out that it's almost impossible to fulfil all Friedemanns travel plans, we try to catch train tickets to Guantanamo. Apparently this journey is only available for the other d ... [full story]

90 days ago: Amy and Simon published a blog
Oohh horse riding is painful !
April 6th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Trinidad
At the moment I´m sitting perched on the end of the seat as it´s a bit painful to sit down, but I´ll come onto that... We are still in Trinidad. It´s such a gorgeous village that we have ended up s ... [full story]

92 days ago: Amy and Simon published a blog
CUBA!!!....sorry for the delay
April 3rd 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Trinidad
Hello So here we are, sorry for the delay in our first entry proper and there will be photos to follow its just that we haven´t got the lead with us at the moment. Anyway, where to start... So o ... [full story]

Out And About In Cuba
113 days ago: ACDC World Tour published a blog
Out And About In Cuba
March 12th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » Cienfuegos
We’d enjoyed five fantastic days in Habana and our aim now was to get out and see more of the island. This, however, didn’t prove as easy as we’d assumed and numerous obstacles limit ... 13 photos [full story]


Centro Blog Entries

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Trinidad life
Main Square in Trinidad
Havana
Teotihuacan Pyramids near Mexico City
The beach!
View from the roof tops
Window
Cool old cars
Testing the stogey
Diving at the waterfall
Street scene
Man from Los Pinos group

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