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Republic of Cuba
*República de Cuba* (Spanish)
Republic of Cuba República de Cuba (Spanish)
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Location of Cuba in the Caribbean

Cuba (/ˈkjuːbə/ ^ⓘ KEW-bə, Spanish: [ˈkuβa] ^ⓘ; Lucumi: Erekusú), officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈkuβa] ^ⓘ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island belong to the country. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is 109,884 km² (42,426 sq mi) (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km² (135,420 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants.

Cuba is one of a few extant Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist states, in which the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Cuba has an authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted. Censorship of information is extensive and independent journalism is repressed in Cuba; Reporters Without Borders has characterized Cuba as one of the worst countries in the world for press freedom.

Cuba is a founding member of the United Nations, G77, Non-Aligned Movement, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, ALBA, and Organization of American States. It has currently one of the world's few planned economies, and its economy is dominated by the tourism industry and the exports of skilled labor, sugar, tobacco, and coffee. Cuba has historically—both before and during communist rule—performed better than other countries in the region on several socioeconomic indicators, such as literacy, infant mortality and life expectancy. Cuba has a universal health care system which provides free medical treatment to all Cuban citizens, although challenges include low salaries for doctors, poor facilities, poor provision of equipment, and the frequent absence of essential drugs. In 2023, according to a recent study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH), 88% of the population in Cuba is living in extreme poverty. The traditional diet in Cuban households is of international concern due to micronutrient deficiencies and lack of diversity, as highlighted by the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations, rationed food meets only a fraction of daily nutritional needs for many Cubans, leading to health issues. (Full article...)

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Embassy of Russia in Havana

Cuba–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-кубинские отношения, Spanish: Relaciones Ruso-Cubanas) reflect the political, economic and cultural exchanges between Cuba and Russia. These countries have had close cooperation since the days of the Soviet Union. Russia has an embassy in Havana and a consulate-general in Santiago de Cuba. Cuba has an embassy in Moscow and an honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg. Around 55,000 people of Russian descent live in Cuba.

A 2016 survey shows that 67% of Cubans have a favorable view of Russia, with 8% expressing an unfavorable view. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various Cuba-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Capablanca playing chess with his father José María Capablanca in 1892 (from Culture of Cuba)
Image 2Camilo Cienfuegos, Fidel Castro, Huber Matos, entering Havana on 8 January 1959 (from History of Cuba)
Image 3A monument to the Taíno chieftain Hatuey in Baracoa, Cuba (from History of Cuba)
Image 4Defense of a train attacked by Cuban insurgents (from History of Cuba)
Image 5The Bay of Pigs Memorial in Miami, Florida (from History of Cuba)
Image 6Cuban PT-76 tank crew on routine security duties in Angola (from History of Cuba)
Image 7Cuban victims of Spanish reconcentration policies (from History of Cuba)
Image 8Spanish General Arsenio Martínez Campos in Havana, Colonial Cuba, 1878 (from History of Cuba)
Image 9Banrarra Afro-Cuban dance troupe (from Culture of Cuba)
Image 10A 1736 colonial map by Herman Moll of the West Indies and Mexico, together comprising "New Spain", with Cuba visible in the center. (from History of Cuba)
Image 11Three generations of women (from Culture of Cuba)
Image 12Fidel Castro's July 26 Movement rebels mounted on horses in 1959 (from History of Cuba)
Image 13Depiction of an engagement between Cuban rebels and Spanish Royalists during the Ten Years' War (1868–78) (from History of Cuba)
Image 14The Casino Español, Matanzas (from Culture of Cuba)
Image 15Russian T-34 tank at Museo Giron, Cuba (from History of Cuba)
Image 16The fortress of El Morro in Havana, built in 1589 (from History of Cuba)
Image 17States proposed in the Spanish Draft Federal Constitution of 1873, among which Cuba was included. (from History of Cuba)
Image 18The wreckage of the USS Maine, photographed in 1898 (from History of Cuba)
Image 19Public transportation in Cuba during the "Special Period" (from History of Cuba)
Image 20Rebel leaders engaged in extensive propaganda to get the U.S. to intervene, as shown in this cartoon in an American magazine. Columbia (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the U.S. government) is blind to the crisis and will not use its powerful guns to help. Judge magazine, 6 February 1897. (from History of Cuba)
Image 21The British Fleet Entering Havana, 21 August 1762, a 1775 painting by Dominic Serres (from History of Cuba)
Image 22Soldiers of FAR (from History of Cuba)
Image 23President Carlos Prío Socarrás (left), with US president Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. in 1948 (from History of Cuba)
Image 24A watercolor painting of Havana Bay, c. 1639 (from History of Cuba)
Image 25Taíno women preparing cassava bread (from History of Cuba)

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... that Joan Boada was named a principal dancer at the Cuban National Ballet at age 16, but later defected and ended up at the San Francisco Ballet?
... that Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Melissa Fumero is the daughter of Cubans who fled to the U.S. as teenagers?
... that after his release from a hospital for the criminally insane, Richard Dixon burgled $16 from a credit union and hijacked a jet to Cuba?
... that Rudi Kappel, co-founder of the first airline of Suriname, was arrested both on entering and leaving Santiago de Cuba?
... that Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, a founder of the Cuban National Revolutionary Militia, ignored instructions from the Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel to make a Twitter account?
... that José Ramón Balaguer fought as a soldier-medic for Fidel Castro's rebel army before becoming Cuba's minister of public health?

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Solo is a studio album by Cuban jazz performer Gonzalo Rubalcaba. It was released by Blue Note Records on March 7, 2006, and peaked at number 22 in the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album is titled Solo since no additional performers were included on the recording as in Rubalcaba's previous albums.

Also produced by Rubalcaba, Solo was released following his second collaborative work with Charlie Haden on the album Land of the Sun, which resulted in a Grammy Award for Haden.

The album includes fifteen tracks and met with mostly positive reviews by critics, most commenting on the ability of the performer and the simplicity of the arrangements. The album was nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award, and won the Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. (Full article...)

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Estefan in 2017

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García (born September 1, 1957), simply known as Gloria Estefan (Spanish: [ˈɡloɾja esˈtefan]), is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. Many of Estefan's songs became international chart-topping hits, including "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Other hits include "Bad Boy", "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Get On Your Feet", and "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)".

A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with "Anything for You". (Full article...)

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The Castillo del Morro San Pedro de la Roca, near Santiago de Cuba.

The Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, a coastal fortress near Santiago de Cuba completed in 1700.

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... that Spanish general Valeriano Weyler (pictured) devised a reconcentration plan for Cubans in 1897 that is believed to be the origin of the tactic of concentration camps used during the 20th century?

...that in 1869 the Spanish colonial authorities banned Baseball in Cuba because Cubans began to prefer baseball to viewing bullfights, the Spaniards' national sport?

... that the Cuban convertible peso was introduced as one of two official currencies in Cuba to replace the US dollar, which was removed from circulation in 2004?

...that Eastern Cuban cuisine forms the basis of criollo cooking, which shares a great deal of recipes with other Caribbean cuisines, but has the distinctive difference of making almost no use of peppers?

...that Cuban priest Félix Varela was beatified by Pope John Paul II a century and a half after his death, and if canonized, would be the first Cuban-born Saint of the Catholic church?

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“

We are Cubans and have one great aim in view, one glorious object to obtain – the freedom of our country and liberty. It is of more importance to us than glory, public applause, or anything else. Everything else will follow in time. I have never believed in or advised a sanguinary revolution, but it must be a radical one. First of all we must triumph; toward that end the most effective means, although they may appear harsh, must be employed.

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Máximo Gómez writing to Tomás Estrada Palma in 1895.

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