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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cuba. Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital.
Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.
El Paquete Semanal ("The Weekly Package") or El Paquete is a one terabyte collection of digital material distributed since around 2008 [1] on the underground market in Cuba as a substitute for broadband Internet. [2]
In 1981–1989, Cuba used so-called INTUR coins and cheques. Convertible foreign currency was exchanged into these cheques rather than the national currency, which could be used to buy some luxury goods not available for purchase in the national currency. Also, from 1985, Banco Nacional de Cuba issued foreign exchange certificates of various types.
Panoramic view of Plaza de la Revolución and central Havana – MININT's building is in the left, next to Che Guevara sculpture by Enrique Ávila.. The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior de la República de Cuba), also known as MININT, is the Cuban government ministry which oversees the home affairs of Cuba.
The establishment of Correos de Costa Rica gained momentum with the Costa Rican constitution of 1824, which mandates that the Congress of the Republic must open roads and carry posts and general mail. On December 10, 1839, via government decree, the first rulebook for mail was drafted and the “Servicio Nacional de Correos” was created. [2]
Railway network in Cuba. Total: 8,285 km; Standard gauge: 8,125 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) gauge (105 km electrified) Narrow gauge: 160 km of 2 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (699 mm) gauge. [1] Hershey Electric Railway. Cuba built the first railway system in the Spanish empire, before the 1848 start in the Iberian peninsula.
Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [a] (lit. ' State Postal and Telegraph Company ' ), trading under the name Correos ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈreos] ⓘ , "packages"), is a state-owned postal service and courier for Spain and Andorra , the latter bilateral with French-equivalent La Poste .