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Cuba Hoped for Obama Win

There is certainly at least one place outside the US who were happy to see President Obama re-elected for a second term.  Cuba was extremely worried that his Republican rival would return to the days of embargos and trade restrictions against the Cuban Government. Not that Obama has done a great deal for Cuba in [...]

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Economic Cuba

Cuba may be famous for its Rum and Cigars but the whole economic make up of the country can’t run on this and this along. Cuba is now well diverse in the product that is producing and the other economical incomes Cuba is a largely centrally planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises overseen by the [...]

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Will Nicaragua Become Another Cuba?

Nicaragua has had its fare share of political and economic upheavals and no shortage of US intervention.  Still etched in the memory of many North Americans is the Sandinista VS Contra war.  The US supported Contra movement propped up the Somoza dynasty for many years, until this finally gave way to a Sandinista Government led [...]

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Cuban Tobacco to the Rescue

If you’ve been to Cuba you know that their tobacco industry is the most robust in the world. Per acre crop density is higher here than anywhere else in the world. For islands smaller than most states it is astonishing that it produces what is considered the most exclusive and best tobacco in the world. [...]

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Cuba Healthcare Measures

Natural status of the Cuban Cordyceps is in the form of mushrooms. These mushrooms are fungi in nature and have also been known to have a medicinal value. Utilization of Cordyceps in medicinal situations in Cuba has been dated back to fifteenth century and in other Asian countries. Its uses in the medicinal Cuban field [...]

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Pizza Hut Around the World

If you are thinking about completing a Pizza Hut application to apply for a job in one of the hundreds of Pizza Hut restaurants that are found all over the UK you might want to know a little bit about how the world’s most famous pizza chain came to be. It may not surprise you [...]

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The Damage Caused by the Totalitarian Regime

It is a fact. The governments of socialist countries like Cuba, have been very effective in hiding the reality and suffering that people have suffered under such regimes. By removing the most political freedoms, economic and civil rights of the people the authoritarian centralized state powers were able to successfully carry out their totalitarian plans. [...]

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Cuba’s Contribution to Wine and Alcohol Sales

I think everyone knows that Cuba is known for Mojoitos, it is interesting though that one of the negative aspects of the embargo has been a drain on the island and their economy because of a lack of tourist dollars coming into the country. Thinking about the warm tropical climate, I wonder if the island [...]

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