| Cuba…the very name produces images of
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| | Many beautiful Spanish Colonial buildings
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| Fidel Castro,Che Guevara,vintage
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| | have survived and they can be found all
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| Cadillacs,Spanish colonial architecture
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| | over the island.Many have been restored
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| and beautiful beaches!
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| | and are colourful reminders of the past.
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| In reality,it is all of these
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| | Cuba is famed for its music and it can be
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| things…and much,much more.
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| | heard everywhere you go.Jazz and Salsa
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| Cuba is the largest island in the
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| | are played in the smallest villages and
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| Caibbean,some 750 miles in length and is
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| | in the largest towns.
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| the worlds 16th largest.The Republic also
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| | Cuba has pristine beaches,mountains,lush
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| includes some smaller islands,the largest
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| | tropical vegetation and friendly
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| of which is the Isle of Youth.The
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| | welcoming people.
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| notorious Guantanamo Bay has been leased
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| | In the countryside it is still possible
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| to the USA since 1903.
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| | to see sugar cane harvested with
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| Cuba was a Spanish possession for 388
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| | machetes,ploughs pulled by oxen and
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| years but after long,protracted wars of
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| | hedges made of cactus.The little fincas
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| independence and with the help of the
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| | (farms) growsugar cane,sweetcorn,tobacco
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| USA,it finally gained full independence
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| | and a large variety of fruits.
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| in 1902.
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| | Things will rapidly change.As the health
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| Fidel Castro and Che Guevara overthrew
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| | of Castro deteriorates,so will his his
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| the former corrupt regime,which was in
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| | influence.The necessity to adhere to his
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| large part financed by the American
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| | form of socialism will no longer prevail.
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| Mafia.The revolution of 1959 saw Castro
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| | The Cuba in the books of Ernest Hemingway
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| installed as Cuba's President,which makes
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| | and Graham Greene survives.But for how
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| him now one of the world's longest
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| | much longer?
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| serving.
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| | As with almost all Spanish speaking
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| Since the Revolution,very little has
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| | destinations,a knowledge of the
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| changed in Cuba.That is what makes it
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| | language,however small,will be a real
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| such an interesting place to visit and
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| | help and will really enhance your
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| why you should try to get there
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| | experience.
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| sooner,rather than later.
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