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CUBA. Yeah I'm Cuban… “ sí Soy cubano”. By: Raidel Gomez. Facts about Cuban People. The population of Cuba is 11.2 million. The have many ethnic groups 51% mixed, 37% white, 11% black, and 1% Chinese. According to Cuban gov’t sources the main language Cuban people speak is Spanish.
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CUBA Yeah I'm Cuban… “sí Soy cubano” By: Raidel Gomez
Facts about Cuban People The population of Cuba is 11.2 million. The have many ethnic groups 51% mixed, 37% white, 11% black, and 1% Chinese. According to Cuban gov’t sources the main language Cuban people speak is Spanish. Their work force is very compact which means that they have many jobs like……. Education, health and social services, agriculture, industry, construction, etc.
Government Cuba’s gov’t is totalitarian communist state. Their gov’t is also assumed “power by force” on Jan. 1st 1959. The political party that Cuba has is the Cuban Communist Party theirs only 1 party allowed
Economy The average monthly salary is $18 Their natural resources are: Nickel, citrus and tropical fruits, tobacco, coffee, rice, beans, meat, and vegetables. Cuba has two currencies they are Pesos and convertible Pesos
grandes problemas en Cuba Major problems Cuba has faced many problems over the years. One being a short of food supply. They lost 80% of their export markets and their imports fell 80% as well. The average Cuban lost 20 lbs. by 1994. Another problem is that there is only 1 doctor for every 200 people in Cuba now.
Political factions The main party is the communist party of Cuba. Other parties have been created as of 1992, but they have heavy restrictions on them and are allowed no real power The Communist Party of Cuba is the ruling party in the Republic of Cuba. In Cuba, people elect members of the National Assembly of People's Power which then chooses a President who exercises executive power Before the revolution in 1959 Cuba was a dictatorship. The entire nation was suppressed under the tight grip of the dictator Fulgencio Batista. There were no free elections, opposition to Batista's power was forbidden, and the Cuban people were deprived of the basic human right to be allowed to act as a sovereign nation with the power to move forward, and form its own future. Since the revolution in 1959, Cuba has travelled a long way, from the oppressed, suffering nation that it was, and has since established its own unique form of democracy.
Elections There are direct elections to the Municipal, Provincial, and National Assemblies. The Cuban parliament is represented by the National Assembly. Electoral Candidates for the Municipal council are nominated at local neighborhood meetings which are generally well attended, and by electoral commissions, which consist of representatives of mass national organizations, such as trade unions, the national association of small farmers, and the federation of Cuban women. Cuba's National Assembly (National Parliament) is elected by nomination procedure that is extremely complex, and involves nominations from the Municipal councils. Candidates can also be nominated through different National organizations. The president is re-elected every 5-years by the Assembly, but this is mostly a formality. Fidel has been President since 1976. Article 94 of the Cuban Constitution states: "In cases of the absence, illness or death of the president of the Council of State, the first vice president assumes the president’s duties."
