CUBA

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GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY

located in the Caribbean Sea.

capital city is Havanna
orth of Cuba lies the United
(150km away) and the
as, Mexico is to the west,
yman Islands
maica are to the south,
iti and the Dominican Republic are the southeast.

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PEOPLE

Population : 11 million

60% Spanish descent, 20% mixed race,

11% African Descent, 1% Chinese

Language : Spanish
Religion:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Catholicism 60%
Protestantism and other Christians (5%)
Other/African Religious (11%)
Non-religious (24%)

GOVERNMENT

Communist and
Republic country
Cuba's Legislature has
609 seats, and the
last legislative elections
were in 2012.
Current leader is Chief
Executive
Raul Modesto Castro.
The chief executive in

ECONOMY

GDP: $77.15 billion

MAJOR INDUSTIRES
Sugar
Petroleum
Tobacco
Nickel
Agricultural Ma
chinery

AGRICULTURE

Sugar
Tobacco
Citrus
Rice
Cassava

TOURISM

International tourism
- number of arrivals in Cuba

TOURIST-FRIENDLY CITES
Havana
Baracoa
Pinar del Rio Provin
ce

Santiago de
Cuba
Trinidad

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 Moral

HISTORY
1959, Batista Overthrown by guerilla move
ment led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba
Castro turns to Soviet Union, Cuba becom
es Communist state
1961, Batista Supporters invade Bay of Pig
s
1962, Cuban Missile Crisis

CUBAN REVOLUTION

1950s Cuba is ruled by an

unpopular dictator, Fulgencio
Batista

Batista in power due to support

from US Govt. & American
businesses.
1953: A young lawyer named
Fidel Castro plans to overthrow
Batista

 Due to US pressure, Batista

frees all
political prisoners in 1955
Fidel& his brother Raul head
to Mexico
to recruit an army

In Mexico city, Fidel meets an Argentine d

octor named Che Guevara who joins Fide
l's army
1956: Fidel's army arrives in Cuba but is lo
sing & must flee to Sierra Maestra Mounta
ins. Using radio broadcasts, Cubans begin
to support Fidel's cause
1958: Castro's army leaves Sierra, restarts
Revolution. Peasants join Castro's army, w
ith support of the people Castro wins, Bati
sta flees
1959: Castro begins programs like univers
al education & health care.Castro begins s

Bay of Pigs Invasio

n Eisenhower is outraged,
begins a boycott of the
island
Raul Castro suggests an
alliance with the Soviet
Union
1960-61 CIA trains Cuban
exiles to invade Cuba &
overthrow Castro
Bay of Pigs invasions fails,

Cuban Missile Crisi

(1962)
s Cuba
asks Soviets for defensive
help
Soviets offer nuclear missiles in
Cuba
US spy planes photograph sites
JFK demands all missles be
removed.
US begins to blockade Cuba
However, JFK and Khrushchev

El
salvador
Republica de El

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LOCATION
21,041 sq km
on
the Pacific
Coast
of Central

DEMOGRAPHY

People are called SALVADORANS

with only 6M of population
Most people speaks Turkish
but their official language is
Spanish.
Christians

GOVERNMENT
SAN
SALVADOR
Type Of
Government:
REPUBLIC
President:
Salvador

ECONOMY

economy has been traditionally Agriculture

vadors economy was affected by the 12 year civ
ecovered their economic life by the beginning of
n Agriculture
OFFEE AND SUGAR
n Industries
d Beverage processing, chemicals, petroleum

BACKGROUND HISTO
RY

Pipil Indians migrated to this region in the

11th century.
Pedro de Alvarado, a lieutenant of Corts's,
conquered El Salvador (1525)
Sept. 15, 1821
federation of Central American states until
that union dissolved in 1838.
From 1931 to 1979 El Salvador was ruled by

BACKGROUND HISTO
RY

El Salvador invaded HONDURAS (1969)

Known as the football war

References:
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/el-salvador-economy.html
http://www.operationworld.org/country/elsa/owtext.html
http://www.infoplease.com/country/el-salvador.html?pageno=2

belize

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NATIONAL FLAG

BLUE AND WHITE represents the

Peoples Union Party
RED represents the United
Democratic Party
TWO GUYS represents the major
demographical ethnicity of Belize
50 LEAVES symbolizes year 1950

LOCATION

Belize is a nation on the eastern

coast of Central America, with
Caribbean Sea shorelines to the
east and dense jungle to the west
The gateway between The
Carribean and the Central
American Region

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GEOGRAPHY

LOCATION

Home to over 900 Mayan sites

Tallest Building: Caracole Mayan
Ruins
Capital City: Belmopan
It is also one of the only three
non-island nation to be
part of CARICOM

PHYSICAL GEOGRAP
HY
60% of its lands are undisturbed
due to low population
20% of land is covered in
cultivated land
It has the second largest barrier
reef
Famous for the Big Blue Hole

DEMOGRAPHY

Belize is small but incredibly

mixed
POPULATION:
50% Mestizo340,000
25% Creole/Afro Belizean
12% Mayan
6% Garinagu

DEMOGRAPHY
South Garifunas
Near the Coast Creoles
North Mayan
Inland - Mennonites

DEMOGRAPHY

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

SECONDARY LANGUAGE: SPANISH
BELIZIAN CREOLE is a heavily
carribean influenced accent of the
English language

GOVERNMENT

20 CENTURY Belize gained its

self governing autonomous status
1981 Belize gained its full
independence but remained as a
commonwealth country of the UK
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:
PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTIONAL
th

TOURIST SPOTS
THE GREAT

The most popular dive

destination in Belize, the
Great
Blue Hole offers divers
BLUE
HOLE
interesting observations of
limestone formations that
mold its walls. This massive
sinkhole under the water is
near the Lighthouse Reef
and creates a perfect circle
of deep blue water. The
deeper one dives into the
Great Blue Hole, the clearer

TOURIST SPOTS
THE CAYE

Caye Caulker is a small coral

island in the Caribbean Sea
and is accessible by highCAULKER
speed water taxi or small
plane. In recent years the
island has become a popular
Belize attraction for
backpackers and other
tourists for its (relatively)
cheap prices, laid-back vibe,
and abundance of
restaurants and bars. The

TOURIST SPOTS
THE

A popular peninsula in
southern Belize, Placencia
has the best mainland
PLACENCIA
beaches, plus some of the
most amazing offshore coral
cayes. The eastern side of
the Placencia Peninsula is a
long expanse of white sand
beach. The western side is
bounded by a long and
narrow bay. The beautiful
beaches together with the

HISTORY

-Belize was originally settled by the Mayan

civilization. They began moving into
Belize in 1500 BC. There are several Mayan sites
in Belize including Altun Ha,
Xunantunich, and Caracol. Quite a few people
lived in Belize at the time.
-Christopher Columbus was the first European to
visit Belize in 1502. Later
shipwrecked sailors started the first settlement
in Belize. It was many years later