CUBA

BASIC INFORMATION

• Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida

POLITICAL LEADER

• Fidel Castro

INFO ABOUT THE COUNTRY

• Name: Republic of Cuba• Type of government ： Communist state. • Flag ： The colors represented the aspiration for freedom that all

men share: red, white and blue. Three blue stripes represent the states into which the island was divided at that time; two white stripes imply the force and dedication of the idealistic soldier for independence; a red triangle for equality, fraternity and liberty, and the blood shed in the pursuit of freedom; a white five-sided star, inside the red triangle, as a symbol of freedom between nations.

POPULATION DENSITY

TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP

TABLE OF IMPORTANT STATISTICS

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A LINE GRAPH OF GDP PER CAPITA

2009 2010 2011 2012 20139,200

9,400

9,600

9,800

10,000

10,200

10,400

10,600

GDP PER CAPITA

GDP PER CAPITA

RELIGION

Sales

Roman Catholicrotestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria

LANGUAGE

Sales

SPANISHLUCUMI,ENGLISH, FRENCE anf OTHER LANGUAGES

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

Imports

ChinaSpainVenezuelaCanadaUSOthers

Exports

CanadaSpainChinaVenezuelaNetherlandsOthers

ECONOMY GROWTH

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

Economy Growth

Economy Growth

ENEMIES AND ALLIANCES

• Cuba is enemies USA.

• Allies: The alliances of Cuba are: China, Iran, Bolivia, Russia, Laos, Brazil, Venezuela, and the most of countries in South America.

IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENT

Cuban Missile Crisis

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

1960sCuban missile crisis was a confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other in October 1962, during the Cold War.

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