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estado soberano situado en una isla en el mar Caribe
Cuba, oficialmente la República de Cuba, es un país insular en el Caribe. Comprende la isla principal homónima así como 4,195 islas, islotes y cayos. Situada en la convergencia del mar Caribe, el golfo de México y el océano Atlántico, Cuba se encuentra al este de la península de Yucatán, al sur tanto de Florida como de las Bahamas, al oeste de La Española y al norte de Jamaica y las islas Caimán. Cuba es el país más grande del Caribe por superficie y el tercero más grande por población, después de Haití y la República Dominicana. Culturalmente, Cuba se considera parte de América Latina. Su capital y ciudad más grande es La Habana.
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“But Cuba doesn’t have a dictatorship — it’s a revolutionary democracy.”
“In the 1960s the Soviet Union had little or no appeal to young people-Black or white-as a model of revolution or of a desirable socialist society. It seemed old, staid, repressive, even counter-revolutionary to young activists. The Cuban revolution, however, had an enormous appeal.”
“We are coming, Cuba, coming; we are bound to set you free! We are coming from the mountains, from the plains and inland sea! We are coming with the wrath of God to make the Spaniards flee! We are coming, Cuba, coming; coming now”
“Cuba and Belgium are both countries of modest size, surrounded by large, powerful and often hostile powers.”
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