Tourist Information about Cuba
Cuba Background
Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the country together since then. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually. Havana portrays its difficulties as the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, or falsified visas - is a continuing problem. Some 2,600 Cubans attempted the crossing of the Straits of Florida in 2001; the US Coast Guard apprehended only about 35% of the individuals.
Tourist Destinations in Cuba
| Baracoa | Camaguey | Cienfuegos |
| Havana | Holguin | Matanzas |
| Pinar Del Rio | Santa Lucia De Cuba | Santiago De Cuba |
| Trinidad De Cuba | Varadero | Villa Clara |
| Zapata Peninsula |