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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Cuba or República de Cuba, IPA: [re'puβlika ðe ˈkuβa]), consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and adjacent small islands. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is south of the eastern United States and the Bahamas, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti and east of Mexico. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica are to the south.

Cuba is the most populous country in the Caribbean. Its culture and customs draw from several sources including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves, years of close ties to the Soviet Union, and its proximity to the United States. The island has a tropical climate that is moderated by the surrounding waters; the warm currents of the Caribbean Sea and its location between water bodies also make Cuba prone to frequent hurricanes.

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The Taíno are pre-Colombian indigenous inhabitants of Cuba and the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and some of the Lesser Antilles. It was believed that the seafaring Taíno were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America. Their language is a member of the Maipurean linguistic family, which ranges from South America across the Caribbean, and is thought to have been part of the larger, hypothetical group of Arawakan languages that would have spread over an even wider area. The Taíno of the Bahamas were known as the Lucayan (the Bahamas being known then as the Lucayas).

At the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492, there were five Taíno kingdoms or territories on Hispaniola, each led by a principal Cacique (chieftain), to whom tribute was paid. At the time of the Spanish conquest, the largest Taíno population centers may have contained around 3,000 people or more. The Taíno were historical neighbors and enemies of the Carib, another group with origins in South America who lived principally in the Lesser Antilles. The relationship between the two groups has been the subject of much study.

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Schoolchildren in a sunlit arcade in Havana.

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Did you know...

...that at twelve years old, Fidel Castro wrote a letter (pictured) to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressing his admiration and asking for a $10 bill?

...that JMWAVE was the codename for a United States covert operations and intelligence gathering station in Miami, Florida created in 1961 to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro?

...that Rationing in Cuba was instated on March 12, 1962, a month after the imposition of the United States embargo against Cuba, and remains to this day?

...that Henry Reeve, a Brigadier General in the Cuban rebel army during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878), was born in Brooklyn, New York?

...that rights to oil and natural gas in the Straits of Florida were divided between the United States and Cuba by a 1977 treaty, and that geological studies project substantial reserves?

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Requests: Sport in Cuba, Asociación de Guías de Cuba, Carlos Alzugarai, Jules Loustalot, Enrique Quintana, Moisés Boudé, Domingo Romeo Jaime, Oscar Poey Bonachea, Virgilio Morales Díaz, José Borrel Tudurí, Celina Cardoso, Angel Loustalot, lechon asado
Stubs: Dollar store (Cuba), Celia Sánchez, Yoani Sánchez
Verify: History of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista
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Cleanup: Bay of Pigs invasion, History of Cuba, Escambray Revolt, Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, List of Cubans, Máximo Gómez, Antonio Maceo Grajales
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Expand: Cuban-Soviet relations, Baseball in Cuba, Religion in Cuba, Havana's International Book Fair, Cuba-Venezuela relations, Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven

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In the news

February 20: Drama was the signature tune of Fidel's career (BBC News)
February 19: Bedridden Castro resigned after nearly 50 years as "El Presidente".(BBC News)
October 7: Bus and train collision kills at least 28 in Cuba
September 20: Supporters of Canadian youth Omar Khadr held in Guantanamo gather, demand action
- Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer, dies at 78.
June 6: Fidel Castro appears on TV in his first interview since undergoing surgery 10 months ago.(BBC)
June 6: Cuba and the United States hold the first bilateral Hurricane Conference to exchange ideas and information before the hurricane season begins.
May 29: Fidel Castro writes about his illness for the first time, stating that he had three operations before he began his recovery.(Earth Times)

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Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martinez Hoya (born December 21, 1921), simply known as Alicia Alonso, is a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer. She is considered a legend and is most famous for her portrayals of Giselle and Carmen.

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I sympathise with the rebellion, but not with the rebels. It may be that as the pages of history are turned, brighter futures and better times will come to Cuba. It may be that future years will see the island as it would be now, had England never lost it - a Cuba free and prosperous under just laws and a patriotic administration, throwing her ports open to the world

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Winston Churchill, 1895.
Randolph Churchill: Winston Churchill companion, vol 1, 1967, p617-8

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