Cuba

Fidel Castro led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron rule has held the country together since. Cuba's communist revolution, with Soviet support, was exported throughout Latin America and Africa during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession in 1990, following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually.

Costa Rica, with a relatively small Native American population, has been strongly influenced by the Populated by ethnic mixes from every corner of the world. In the early days slaves cross bread with masters creating the mulattos of today. Later, people of Russian, Chinese and European decent created the make up of today's Cuba. One of these roots is that of the aborigines inhabitants; their ethnic contribution was reduced by the impact of the conquest and colonization process. It is for this reason that the more significant roots in the Cuban nationality are Spanish and African. During the first centuries, after conquest, most groups came from Castile mainly from Southern of Spain. Later, massive migration arrived from Canary Islands, Galicia and Catalonia. More recently and during the last century, Eastern European and Chinese immigrants have further enriched, what is, the unique racial mix that makes up Cuba today.

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