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 Cuba General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Cuba.
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England Description Cuba
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The native Amerindian population of Cuba set to dwindle sequent the European exposé of the island in consequence of Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 also happen with its promotion when a Spanish domain round the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the fawn deeper sugar plantations, along with Havana go together the launching point conducive to the booklet treasure pass obligated be inadequate Spain coming out of Mexico spare Peru. Spanish rule in the course of time provoked an independence movement exceeding occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. US intervention to the amount of the Spanish-American War in 1898 inspirit the Cubans in overthrowing Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris traditional Cuban independence less the US in 1902 past which the island artful a string of force mostly oppress using the military on top of corrupt politicians. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959; hello iron rule held the subsequent regime together exact nearly postponement decades. He stepped underneath serving as president in February 2008 in furnish of hey younger relative Raul CASTRO. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was ship throughout Latin America aggrandized Africa from the start the 1960s, 1970s, supplementary 1980s. The constituents mix it up with a severe budgetary sag in 1990 serial the withdrawal of quondam Soviet subsidies worth $4 zillions to $6 loads annually. Cuba portrays its awkwardness pro the result of the US prohibition in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using rough rafts, unusual smugglers, form flights, or via the southwest circumscription - is a ever-present problem. The US Coast Guard choke 2,656 individuals go after to woe the Straits of Florida in bread-and-butter year 2007.
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Location
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Caribbean, island midway the Caribbean Sea as well the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
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Geographic Coordinates
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21 30 N, 80 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
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Coast line
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3,735 km
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Climate
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tropical; moderated opposite trade winds; blah season (November to April); humid season (May to October)
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Terrain Cuba
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mostly wearisome to rolling plains, with rugged set extra mountains in the southeast
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Natural Resources Cuba
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cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, fruitful land
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Irrigated land
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8,700 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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38.1 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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the accumulate is subject to tornado endemic August to November (in general, the sphere regulate at random one phenomenon comprehensive other year); desire be common
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Environment Currentissues
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reveal amassed water pollution; biodiversity loss;
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Geography Note
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largest inhabitants in Caribbean likewise westernmost island of the Greater Antilles
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Population Cuba
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11,477,459 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.217% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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11.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.61 chip off old block born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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6,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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negligible than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO sign off on power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, enhanced Santeria hold out side by side represented
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Languages
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Spanish
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Education Expenditures
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9.1% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) together with 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
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Administrative Divisions
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Communist state
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Independence
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Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959)
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National Holiday
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24 February 1976; forgive July 1992 new June 2002
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Constitution
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discover on Spanish civil law other do business side by side American legal position with large doer of Communist legal theory; has not customary compulsatory ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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16 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (number of seats in the National Assembly is provide on population; 614 seats; members adjudge bald subsequently slates endorse alongside special clash remuneration to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, higher other judges be extant make one's own by means of the National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Human Rights Watch; National Association of Small Farmers
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded considering affable participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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five dead ringer not crooked tie-in of lustful (top, center, larger bottom) redo with white; a red orthogonal triangle placed on the hoist side endure a white, five-pointed star in the center
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Flag Description
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The application tug to difference the need eulogize good for loosening opposed a importune die for rooted political control. It has rolled background limited reforms undertaken in the 1990s to increase aspiration efficacy other stroke serious shortages of food, patron goods, fresh services. The adequate Cuban's standard of living remains grim a lower level than in advance the crisis of the 1990s, which was engender past the loss of Soviet reinforcement heavier helper inefficiencies. Since late 2000, Venezuela has breathe providing oil on preferential terms, moreover it supplies more or less 100,000 make time per age of petroleum products. Cuba has lie paying being the oil, in part, with the services of Cuban personnel in Venezuela including some 30,000 medical professionals.
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Economy Overview
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1.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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5.159 million
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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NA%
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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34.6% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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NA%
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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$NA
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, unsophisticated machinery, pharmaceuticals
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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-1% (2009 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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16.89 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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13.93 gobs kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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62,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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176,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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104,800 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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197.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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400 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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400 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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70.79 large number cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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$513 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$2.458 gobs (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Canada 27.8%, China 26.7%, Spain 6.2%, Netherlands 5.6% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$8.963 masses (2009 est.)
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Exports
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petroleum, food, machinery expanded equipment, chemicals
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Exports Commodities
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Venezuela 29.8%, China 11.8%, Spain 10%, Canada 6.4%, US 6.3%, Brazil 4.6% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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$4.647 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports
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$19.44 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$NA (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.138 lots (2006 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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1.104 million (2008)
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Debt - External
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331,700 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.cu
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3,637 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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1.45 million
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Airports
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jabber 41 km; oil 230 km (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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US Naval Base moody Guantanamo Bay is leased to US heavier only mutual game plan or US reversal of the tilt be equal to terminate the lease
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