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• Cuba-Overview
• 90 miles south of Miami, FL
• Socialist government--elections are not open to
  the people
• Communist system-strong government control
• President Raul Castro, since Feb. 2008
• Major Holidays
• -January 1- New Years and Anniversary of the
  Revolution
• -May 1- International Day of the Worker
• -July 26- Anniversary of the Moncada Barracks
  Attack

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• History
• A. Pre-Columbian Society
• 1. Taino and Carib Indians
• 2. Communal Society
• 3. Wiped out by European Colonization
• B. Spanish Colonization
• 1. Christopher Columbus--Oct. 27, 1492
• 2. Seen as exotic paradise-vegetation and
  indigenous people
• 3. Indigenous killed, worked to death, or died
  of disease
• 4. Imported slaves from Africa

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5. Hierarchy a. Slaves b. Free People
of Color c. Creoles-European descent b.
Americas d. Peninsulares-European descent b.
Spain C. Independence 1. 2 Wars a.
10-years war 1868-1878 i. Grito de Yara-call
for abolition ii. Complete emancipation for
slaves-1886 b. 1895-1898 i. Jose
Marti-writer who led charge ii. U.S. got
involved over battleship Maine iii. Spain
ceded to the U.S. not Cuba iv. Cuba became
U.S. protectorate
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D. Psuedo-Colony 1. U.S. intervened when saw
fit 2. U.S. influenced elections 3. U.S.
controlled Cuban exports (sugar, tobacco) 4.
U.S. tourists flocked to Cuba
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E. Cuban Revolution 1. 1st attempt
1953-Moncada Barracks a. Fidel Castro i.
Imprisoned ii. Exile in Mexico iii.
Returned to Cuba in Granma boat 1956 iv. With
Che, Raul and Camilo Cienfuegos
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F. Socialism in Cuba 1. Nationalization of
Industries 2. Alliance with Soviet Union 3.
Disintegration of Relationship with the
U.S. a. Bay of Pigs invasion-1961 b. U.S.
embargo on trade and travel 4. National
Campaigns a. Literacy-99 b. Sugar
harvest- 10,000 tons in 1970
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Cuban Propaganda
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III. Cuban Life A. Health Care 1. Free 2.
Limited Resources--good and bad 3. Exports
doctors to other countries B. Education 1.
Free from pre-school to University 2. High
School is often boarding school 3. Scarce
supplies a. Oral rather than written
exams b. Limited computer use, esp.
Internet 4. Mandatory military service at 18
yrs. for males
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C. Religion 1. Religious Syncretism--Mixture
of Spanish and African beliefs a.
Catholicism b. Afro-Cuban religions i.
Santería-Regla de Ocha ii. Abakuá Secret
Society
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D. Food 1. Scarce--Need Libreta 2. pork,
rice and beans--cajita 3. Fresh fruits 4.
Food vendors 5. Coppelia-ice cream
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E. Transportation 1. Scarce--long
lines a. Buses b. Camellos c. Communal
taxis d. Bici-taxis, buggies, coco
taxis e. 1950s cars
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F. Agriculture 1. Tobacco 2. Fruits a.
Coconut b. Bananas c. Citrus 3.
Coffee G. Vegetation 1. Palm Trees 2.
Hibiscus and other tropical flowers
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Daily Life--Miscellaneous Photos
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• Cuban Culture
• A. Music and Dance
• 1. African influenced instruments
• 2. Son--Buena Vista Social Club
• 3. Salsa--Los Van Van
• 4. Hip-Hop/Reggaeton--Los Orishas
• 5. Rumba

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B. Architecture 1. Colonial cities 2.
Crumbling buildings 3. Restoration in historic
neighborhoods C. Movies 1. ICAIC- Cuban
Institute of Cinematographic Art and
Industry 2. Censorship 3. Tomás
Gutierrez Alea a. Fresa y Chocolate, Memorias
del Subdesarrollo 4. Movie theaters in Havana
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D. Literature 1. Literate Culture 2.
Cecilia Valdes--1800s-abolition novel 3. José
Martí--poet, essayist 4. Nicolás
Guillén-poet 5. Miguel Barnet, Nancy
Morejón--Post-Revolution 6. Writers in
Exile--Reinaldo Arenas
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F. Art 1. Public Art 2. National Art
Museum 3. Artists a. Wilfredo Lam b.
Lidia Aguilera
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• Cuban Tourism
• A. Beaches
• B. Markets
• C. Remnants of colonial cities

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