What do you know about…CUBA?

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What do you know about…CUBA? The American government does NOT allow Americans to travel to Cuba!! Why does Cuba and America HATE each other??

Cuba 1958

Discovered in 1492 by Columbus Spanish Colony (1511-1898) Columbus enslaved 100,000 Arawak indians who would not convert to Christianity

Population: 630,000 290,000 White 120,000 Free Black 220,000 African Slaves Colonial Cuba Exported Coffee, Tobacco, Sugar

U.S won control in 1898 after the Spanish –American War. Cuba gained independence in 1902

INDEPENDENCE?? At the beginning of 1959 United States companies owned about 40 percent of the Cuban sugar lands – almost all the cattle ranches – 90 percent of the mines and mineral concessions – 80 percent of the utilities – practically all the oil industry – and supplied two-thirds of Cuba's imports. U.S. President John F. Kennedy,1960 [56]