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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba re-emphasized tourism as a major industry leading to its recovery. Tourism is now Havana and Cuba's primary economic source. [66] Havana's economy is still in flux, despite Raúl Castro's embrace of free enterprise in 2011.
Cuban lab chemist Deisy Herrera was crushed when her two sons left the island in search of a better life. It is no secret that Cuba`s economic crisis has prompted a record-breaking exodus of its ...
A light post toppled by heavy winds lies on a street after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country's electrical grid, leaving 10 million people without electric service, in Havana, Cuba, Nov. 7 ...
Cuba in three years has approved 11,355 private businesses. The sector's employees, together with 600,000 self-employed workers in Cuba, now account for 25% of jobs and 15% of imports, according ...
This 18th-century manuscript map shows the plan of Morro Castle, located at the entrance of Havana Bay, Cuba. The fortress was built by the Spaniards, starting in 1585. The Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro (English: "Castle of the Three Kings of Morro" ), also known as Castillo del Morro (Morro Castle), is a fortress guarding the entrance ...
Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Pedro Marrero is a multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba. Built as a baseball stadium, it is now used primarily for football matches, and is the former home of CF Ciudad de La Habana. The stadium holds 30,000 and was built in 1929.
Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, carrying sustained winds of up to 115 mph that brought down the island's electrical grid before the system headed to ...
Cuba was a very unequal society with a mere 8% of landowners owning approximately 75% of the land, and while one-fifth of the population took in 58% of the national income, the bottom fifth got 2% of it, the lowest rates for the bottom 20% in the world then and even now. [40] Cuba was also under a lot of influence from the United States to the ...