3. People  Pop.: 11 million  60% Spanish descent, 20% mixed race, 11% African Descent, 1% Chinese  47% Catholic, 4% Protestant, 2% Santer í a

4. Celebrities  Fidel Castro  Gloria Estefan  Daisy Fuentes  Rosie Ruiz  Ernesto “ Che ” Guevara de la Serna –Although born in Argentina

5. History  3500 BC, first inhabitants land on Cuba  1492 AD, Columbus sights Cuba  1514, Spain conquers Cuba  1868, First war of independence launched  1878, rebels granted amnesty  1898, Spanish-American war, Cuba loses, governed by US  1933, President Gerado Machado y Morales overthrown my Fulgencio Batista

6. History Cont ’ d  1959, Batista Overthrown by guerilla movement led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara  Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba –Castro turns to Soviet Union, Cuba becomes Communist state  1961, Batista Supporters invade Bay of Pigs  1962, Cuban Missile Crisis

7. Environment  Cuba is 110,860 sq. miles  15 th largest island in the world  Capital City is Havana  105 miles from Key West, Florida

8. Environment Cont ’ d MMajor Exports: –S–Sugar –M–Minerals –T–Tobacco –A–Agricultural Medicine

9. Tourist-Friendly Cities  Havana  Baracoa  Pinar del Rio Province  Santiago de Cuba  Trinidad

10. Tourism  Vi á zul, Cubas most popular tourist bus  Trains, but only between cities  Car rental  Hitchhiking –All government vehicles –Government- appointed Amarillo Officials

11. Holidays  Jan. 1, Liberation Day  May 1, Labor Day  July 25-27, Celebration of the National Rebellion  Oct. 10, Day of Cuban Culture  Christmas only observed publicly since 1997