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Cuba

Quick facts

CapitalHavana
LanguageSpanish
Population11,346,000
Land area110,860 km2
Density102.3 per km2
President of the Council of StateMiguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez

Estimated population

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Local media

Granma
Juventud Rebelde

Budget documents

Ley No. 117 del Presupuesto del Estado para El Año 2014
Ley No. 114 del Presupuesto del Estado para El Año 2013
Ley No. 112 del Presupuesto del Estado para El Año 2012
Ley No. 111 del Presupuesto del Estado para El Año 2011

Official links

Government website
Statistical office website
Miembros del Consejo de Ministros

Digital library documents

Cuba  •  Dominican Republic  •  Haiti

Places of Memory of the Slave Route in the Latin Caribbean

A project of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cuba  •  Agriculture  •  Urban Areas

Growing greener cities: Havana

FAO report on urban and peri-urban agriculture

Cuba  •  AQUASTAT  •  Water

Water and agriculture in Cuba

Resources from the FAO AQUASTAT program

Cuba  •  Biodiversity

Expanding Financing for Biodiversity Conservation

Experiences from Latin American and the Caribbean

Cuba  •  Food Security  •  Agriculture

Cuba: Going Against the Grain — Agricultural Crisis and Transformation

Analysis of changes to Cuban agriculture in the wake of that country's economic crisis of the 1990s

Economic overview

The Cuban economy grew by 3.0% in 2013; below the government’s forecast at the beginning of the year and identical to the 2012 figure. This outcome reflects a context of slower growth across most of Europe, which accounts for a significant proportion of the country’s tourist arrivals.

Falling nickel prices also caused a dip in external revenue, which tightened the external constraints on growth, exacerbating the effects of the economic, commercial and financial embargo, which remains in force. On the domestic front, GDP growth was held back by a rate of investment that remains far less than envisaged by the government, and which despite rising to 8%, is nonetheless insufficient to counteract Cuba’s technological obsolescence. (Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013)

News from the web

Royal Caribbean opens first year-long program to Cuba

Cuba Eyeing Eco Tourism Expansion

Cuba Ratifies Commitment to the Objectives of the United Nations

Obama criticises Congress for refusing to close Cuba prison

US Coast Guard repatriates 71 Cuban migrants

Colombia expels more than 20,000 Haitians in 2016

Cuba to Host International Event on Gender Violence

Obama Ends Visa-free Path for Cubans Who Make It to US Soil

Mercosur and EU feel “2017 is a window of opportunity”, but can't find the path despite Brexit and Trump

Caribbean Countries Congratulate Cuba for Revolution Anniversary

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