caribbean countries. fidel castro has ruled cuba since 1959. cuban missile crisis october 1962
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Caribbean Countries
Fidel CastroHas ruled Cuba since 1959.
Cuban missile crisis October 1962.
Cuba has a command economy.
The United States Embargo against Cuba (described in Cuba as el bloqueo, Spanish for "the blockade") is a commercial, economic, and financial embargo partially imposed on Cuba in October 1960. It was enacted after Cuba expropriated the properties of United States
citizens and corporations and it was strengthened to a near-total embargo in February 1962.
There is a large African influence in Culture in the Caribbean.
Migrants have been founds on rafts or small boats made out of refrigerators, bathtubs, surfboards and inner tubes.
The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González (born December 6, 1993), was at the center of a heated controversy in 2000 involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, his father, his Miami and Cuban relatives, and the Cuban-American community of Miami. However, a district court's ruling that the Miami relative could not petition for asylum on the boy's behalf was upheld by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, and after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, Elián González returned to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, on June 28, 2000.
Haiti
The most underdeveloped country in the Western Hemisphere.
The culture and people of the Dominican Republic, like its Spanish Caribbean neighbors, is a blend of the cultures of the Spanish colonists, African slaves, and Taíno natives.
Commonwealth of the United States. They don’t have to pay any federal income tax.
Calypso music combines musical elements from Africa & Spain . Calypso songs are accompanied by steel drums and guitars.
Reggae developed in Jamaica in the 1960s. Many reggae songs deal with social problems.
Central America Countries
Belize
English is the official language of Belize. It also has a large African population.
Guatemala
Has the largest native American population in Central America
Just over 60 percent of Guatemala's population are of mixed Amerindian-Spanish descent. The remaining 40 percent belong to one of 23 Mayan ethnic groups, making Guatemala one of the countries with the largest indigenous populations in Latin America.
El Salvador
MS-13 gangs in El SalvadorMara Salvatrucha Gang in San Salvador
MS is known as being very violent
Honduras
According to the World Bank, Honduras is the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, after Haiti and Nicaragua.
Traditional economy
Chiquita Brands International and the Dole Food Company and responsible for most Honduran banana production and exports.
Nicaraguan Civil War1980’s
Sandinistas vs. Contras
During the war against the Sandinista government, the contras carried out many violations of human rights. Their supporters in Miami and the White House usually countered that the Sandinista government carried out more such violations
Costa Ricamost developed country in Central America
Eco tourism is becoming very popular in Costa Rica
River rafting in Costa Rica
Panama
Panama Canalfinished in 1914
Was built by the US. Control of the canal was given to Panama in 1999.
Panama still uses the US dollars as their currency
