Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Cuba‚ September 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: CUBA September 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Cuba (República de Cuba). Short Form: Cuba. Term for Citizen(s): Cuban(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: La Habana (Havana). Term for residents: Habaneros (males)‚ Habaneras (females). Major Cities: Cuba’s six largest cities (more than 200‚000 inhabitants) in order of population (2005 estimates‚ not including urban agglomerations)
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Cuba. This island is known everywhere in the world. Everybody knows such names as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Also Cuba is associated with Caribbean crisis‚ which had frightened both the U.S.A. and USSR. That’s all that common person knows about this land and nation famous for specific culture and interesting history (especially of the 20th century). Cuba has always been a region of American interests in the Caribbean Sea and its 45-year resistance against capitalism (in fact – American politics)
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The Status of Restrictions on the Right to Travel from the U.S. to Cuba Atty. Arthur Heitzer‚ 633 W. Wisconsin Ave.‚ Suite 1410‚ Milwaukee‚ WI 53203 USA‚ (414) 273-1040 ext. 12‚ aheitzer@igc.org. Despite the multiple guarantees of individual rights contained in the U.S. constitution‚ the right of U.S. nationals to travel abroad to countries of their choosing‚ and to learn from and associate with people of other nations‚ has repeatedly been restricted. The longest such restrictions have
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COUNTRY: CUBA Timeline of Cuba’s Foreign Exchange Rate Regime Cuba’s Exchange rate regime Among the dimensions of the impossible trinity‚ Cuba only has the autonomy of an independent monetary policy. Cuba has dual exchange rates‚ which mainly consist of two official currencies‚ Cuban Peso (CUP) and Cuban convertible peso (CUC) Majority of Cubans receive wages in the form of CUP‚ while nearly all consumer goods are priced in CUC. Problems of dual currency Inequality
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Economics Yaser Amad Transition Economies Ms. Cummins Words: 826 (without citation) 1‚006 (with) Many countries these days have switched from a command to a more market orientated economy. This process is called a transition in which many countries have taken‚ including Ecuador. Prior to being a market economy‚ Ecuador was once a command economy which is an economy that has all its decisions made by a central government such as: what to produce‚ how to produce it‚ and for whom to produce. Ecuador’s
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An economic system is a pattern of organisation which is aimed at solving the three central questions. These questions are: What should be produced? How should it be produced? For whom should it be produced? There are four systems that can be implemented in a country to solve the central questions‚ traditional system‚ command system‚ market system and mixed system. The most popular systems are the market and mixed system‚ however‚ there are still some countries‚ although very few‚ that follow a communist
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History of Cuba Midterm Essay November 14‚ 2012 You are the Cuban Revolution’s New Man or Woman. Explain to Fidel and Raul what it means in terms of your principles in the work place? What does it mean in terms of gender relations? What type of society do you want to bring about and what influences are dangerous to the utopia you wish to create? What threat does the United States pose to this new order? Be Specific here. Fidel does not like generalities. He wants to make sure you know the material
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CUBA: THE LIMITS OF COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT María C. Werlau Since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc‚ the Cuban government embarked on economic liberalization based on the adoption of capitalist mechanisms which include an opening to foreign investment. This has led to increasing claims abroad that engagement— particularly commercial engagement within the context of constructive engagement1 —is the policy instrument that will lead to economic and political reform and the
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A transition economy or transitional economy is an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a market economy.[1] Transition economies undergo a set of structural transformations intended to develop market-based institutions. These include economic liberalization‚ where prices are set by market forces rather than by a central planning organization. there is a push to privatize state-owned enterprises and resources‚ state and collectively run enterprises are restructured as businesses
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Cuba and the Affects of the Embargo The island nation of Cuba‚ located just ninety miles off the coast of Florida‚ is home to 11 million people and has one of the few remaining communist regimes in the world. Cuba ’s leader‚ Fidel Castro‚ came to power in 1959 and immediately instituted a communist program of sweeping economic and social changes. Castro allied his government with the Soviet Union and seized and nationalized billions of dollars of American property. U.S. relations with Cuba have
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