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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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91 days ago: friedemann published a blog
via santiago & hitchin' the caribbean
April 26th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Santiago de Cuba
pictures coming! ... [full story]

104 days ago: Amy and Simon published a blog
El Ultimo, queueing Cuban style!
April 13th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Santiago de Cuba
Hi all Time to update you on the thrills and spills from Cuba. I think Amy last wrote on our last day in Trinidad. Reluctant to leave Trinidad but feeling we should move on we continued east to ... [full story]

Adventuras en el Oriente part 1
197 days ago: dustyfoot published a blog
Adventuras en el Oriente part 1
January 11th 2008  Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Santiago de Cuba
So, on the eve of the 25th, when u folks in the UK were already asleep with bellies full of turkey and mince pies, we (Patricia, Corinna and I) set off on our adventure eastwards. We arrived in Cama ... 3 photos [full story]


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