Cuba: A Revolution in MotionBloomsbury Academic, 2004 - 240 pages This accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to modern Cuba provides an overview of Cuban history with particular emphasis on the country's post-Soviet economic collapse, the measures that President Castro's government took in response, and their ensuing results and impact. |
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... represented the extreme deprivation experienced by the majority of citizens . Nationally , the unemployment rate was 25 percent . While most urban dwellings had access to electricity , less than half had complete sanitary facilities ...
... represents Cuba's largest export earner . It grew by 31 percent in 1996 and by 14.7 percent in 1997 ( Hernández 1997 : 34 ; Oramas 1998 ) . In 2002 , for the second consecutive year , nickel production exceeded 75,000 tons , representing ...
... represented . That slate is then presented to the population to vote up or down ( as occurs in other countries , as well ) . But even then , citizens can choose to vote yes or no , one by one , for each of the 601 candidates . ( Wald ...