Cuban tourism

1. More Pre Castro-

2. Cuba’s capital, Havana, was a dynamic city. In the early part of the century the country’s economy, fueled by the sale of sugar to the United States, had grown dynamically. Cuba ranked fifth in the hemisphere in per capita income, third in life expectancy, second in the ownership of automobiles and telephones, first in the number of television sets per inhabitant.

3. Pre Castro-

4. The literacy rate, 76%, was the fourth highest in Latin America. Cuba ranked 11th in the world in the number of doctors per capita. Many private clinics and hospitals provided services for the poor. Cuba’s income distribution compared favorably with that of other Latin American societies. A thriving middle class held the promise of prosperity and social mobility.

5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/comandante-pre-castro-cuba/

6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/nov/26/fidel-castro-death-cuban-leader-live-updates

6.1. On December 17, 2014, Obama announced that the US planned to renew diplomatic ties with Cuba and loosen some trade and travel restrictions. Obama's critics were enraged, saying he was throwing a lifeline to the socialist government and undermining the work of democracy activists who were regularly arrested and beaten. Obama vowed to continue supporting democracy activists in Cuba, but said the US embargo hadn't worked and lawmakers should lift it. As part of the deal he struck with Cuba, the US agreed to send three Cuban spies back to the island in exchange for jailed American development worker Alan Gross and Rolando Sarraff Trujillo, a Cuban agent who spied for the CIA.

7. Todays Castro

8. Castro-

9. Today: After the death of Fidel Castro there was an instant relief for people living in cuban poverty; yet not many noticeable changes. Many people living in Cuba are still struggling.People respected Castro for his good leadership yet still were struggling with the embargo.

9.1. Decades after Castro’s revolution, many Cubans still struggling

10. political leader of Cuba (1959–2008) who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Castro became a symbol of communist revolution in Latin America. He held the title of premier until 1976 and then began a long tenure as president of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers. He handed over provisional power in July 2006 because of health problems and formally relinquished the presidency in February 2008.vFidel Castro, in full Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926, near Birán, Cuba—died November 25, 2016, Cuba), political leader of Cuba (1959–2008) who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Castro became a symbol of communist revolution in Latin America. He held the title of premier until 1976 and then began a long tenure as president of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers. He handed over provisional power in July 2006 because of health problems and formally relinquished the presidency in February 2008.

10.1. Fidel Castro