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Cuba


00:03:26 1 Etymology
00:04:00 2 History
00:04:09 2.1 Pre-Columbian era
00:04:53 2.2 Spanish colonization and rule (1492–1898)
00:12:43 2.3 Independence movements
00:16:05 2.4 Republic (1902–59)
00:16:16 2.4.1 First years (1902–1925)
00:18:33 2.4.2 Revolution of 1933–1940
00:19:39 2.4.3 Constitution of 1940
00:22:54 2.5 Revolution and Communist party rule (1959–present)
00:30:07 3 Government and politics
00:33:18 3.1 Administrative divisions
00:33:57 3.2 Human rights
00:36:35 3.3 Foreign relations
00:39:12 3.4 Crime and law enforcement
00:39:56 3.5 Military
00:40:46 4 Economy
00:47:53 4.1 Resources
00:48:59 4.2 Tourism
00:51:13 5 Geography
00:53:35 5.1 Climate
00:55:29 5.2 Biodiversity
00:56:52 6 Demographics
00:58:13 6.1 Ethnoracial groups
01:00:23 6.2 Immigration and emigration
01:02:15 6.3 Religion
01:04:28 6.4 Languages
01:05:08 6.5 Largest cities
01:05:17 7 Media
01:05:32 7.1 Press
01:05:46 7.2 Television
01:06:07 7.3 Internet
01:06:47 8 Culture
01:07:14 8.1 Music
01:09:05 8.2 Cuisine
01:10:03 8.3 Literature
01:11:06 8.4 Dance
01:11:29 8.5 Sports
01:12:18 9 Education
01:14:18 10 Health
01:18:03 11 See also



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Cuba ( (listen); Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkuβa]), officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: República de Cuba ), is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of Mexico, south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of Jamaica. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometres (42,800 sq mi) (109,884 square kilometres (42,426 sq mi) without the territorial waters). The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of 105,006 square kilometres (40,543 sq mi), and the second-most populous after Hispaniola, with over 11 million inhabitants.The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney Taíno people from the 4th millennium BC until Spanish colonisation in the 15th century. From the 15th century, it was a colony of Spain until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained nominal independence as a de facto United States protectorate in 1902. As a fragile republic, in 1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system, but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952. Open corruption and oppression under Batista's rule led to his ousting in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement, which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the state has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. The country was a point of contention during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, and a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Cuba is one of few Marxist–Leninist socialist states, where the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Independent observers have accused the Cuban government of numerous human rights abuses, including arbitrary imprisonment.Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America. It is a multiethnic country whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the long period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves and a close relationship with the Soviet Union in the Cold War.
Cuba is a sovereign state and a founding member of the United Nations, the G77, the Non-Aligned Movement, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, ALBA and Organization of American States. The country is a regional power in Latin America and a middle p ...