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 * =**__Fun Facts!__**=
 * **The capital of Cuba is Havana Real name: Santiago de Cuba **
 * **Population is11,204,899**
 * **Size of county in terms of area: 42,426 sq miles **
 * ** Size of capital in terms of population: 2,381,442 **
 * **Cuba is located under Florida and North of Jamaica and Haiti. It is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba and The United States have had a lot of troubles with each other. The US. doesn't like the way that Cuba's government runs its country and because they wont change it The Untied States refuses to send planes directly to Cuba from the US, Until they decide to change there ways.**
 * **Main Language is Spanish**
 * **Form of government is socialist state**
 * **The main Exports are Cuba’s main exports were sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, and citrus.**
 * **The largest Imports are food.**
 * **Republic of Cuba.**

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Cuba is located under Florida and North of Jamaica and Haiti. It is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba and The United States have had a lot of troubles with each other. The US. doesn't like the way that Cuba's government runs its country and because they wont change it The Untied States refuses to send planes directly to Cuba from the US, Until they decide to change there ways.

=Sports In Cuba!= Its said in Cuba sports are there national passion.Baseball is by far the biggest sport in Cuba but they also participate in football, soccer, basketball and, the dominate in amateur boxing. Boxing the second most popular sport in Cuba.


 * [|1] [|The Cuban Sports Program]
 * [|2] [|Athletics]
 * [|3] [|Baseball]
 * [|4] [|Basketball]
 * [|5] [|Boxing]
 * [|6] [|Chess]
 * [|7] [|Cricket]
 * [|8] [|Cycle racing]
 * [|9] [|Football]
 * [|10] [|Golf]
 * [|11] [|Handball]
 * [|12] [|Rugby union]
 * [|13] [|Swimming]
 * [|14] [|Tennis]
 * [|15] [|Volleyball]
 * [|16] [|Notes]
 * [|17] [|References]
 * [|18] [|External links]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Cuba

Boxing in Cuba!
Boxing in Cuba is very popular. It all started as a tourist attraction. But in 1909 Cuba had there first professional fight in the capital of Cuba, Havana.About one year later the first boxing academy was open in Havana. In 1912 boxing was banned do to violence on the street between blacks and whites. But boxing did not die, it was taken behind closed doors. For many people boxing was just a violent entertainment, but for a lot of lower class people boxing was a way out of the slums. As boxing grew and more people started to watch the government decided to lift the ban and it brought in a lot of tourists. More tourists brought in a lot more money and a lot more fighters. By 1959 Cuba had 6 world champion boxers.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/331433-blakes-take-on-the-10-greatest-cuban-boxers-of-all-time

Yuriorkis Gamboa defending his WBA Featherweight title.

Heavyweight division, Cubans have won 7 of the last 9 gold meddles in the Olympics. The two they didnt win went to the U.S.

Joel "El Capillo" is the best active boxer to come from cuba. He reached gold in his first 21 fights of the pro level. He is a champ in two different weight divisions. Witch is very hard to accomplish.



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=Famous Countrymen= =Kid Chocolate= January 6, 1910 in El Cerro, Havvana, Eligio Sardinas, aka Kid Chocolate is born. Learned how to fight from studying old fighting films. As a amature Chocolate won all 100 of his fights 86 of them by knockout. On December 8th 1927 in his hometown Kid Chocolate had his first proffessional boxing debut and defeated Johnny Cruz. Soon enough Chocolate moved to The U.S.A in the city Of new york. After many fights, On July 15 1931 kid Chocolate became Cubas first world Champion.

Pro recored of 135 wins,10 losses, and 6 draws.

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=Holidays= The Biggerst Cuban Carnival started as a religous event dating back hundreds of years ago, takes place in Santiago de Cuba. Held annually from July 18 to 27. Its a celibration to rememeber slaves.There is alot of culter at this carnival such as dance, food and cooking. The largest of all Cuba holidays is Revolution Day wich takes place on July 26! Other major Cuban holidays include Independence Day on May 20 and Childrens Day on April 4th.

=Time Line= 1492 - The navigator Christopher Columbus claims Cuba for Spain. 1526 - Importing of slaves from Africa begins. 1762 - Havana captured by a British force led by Admiral George Pocock and Lord Albemarle.

1763 - Havana returned to Spain by the Treaty of Paris. 1895-98 - Jose Marti leads a second war of independence; US declares war on Spain.

1898 - US defeats Spain, which gives up all claims to Cuba and cedes it to the US. 1934 - The US abandons its right to intervene in Cuba's internal affairs, revises Cuba's sugar quota and changes tariffs to favore Cuba. 1953 - Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful revolt against the Batista regime.

1956 - Castro lands in eastern Cuba from Mexico and takes to the Sierra Maestra mountains where, aided by Ernesto "Che" Guevara, he wages a guerrilla war.

1958 - The US withdraws military aid to Batista 1959 - Castro leads a 9,000-strong guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee. Castro becomes prime minister, his brother, Raul, becomes his deputy and Guevara becomes third in command. 1961 - Washington breaks off all diplomatic relations with Havana. The US sponsors an abortive invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs; Castro proclaims Cuba a communist state and begins to ally it with the USSR. 1962 - Cuban missile crisis ignites when, fearing a US invasion, Castro agrees to allow the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island. The crisis was subsequently resolved when the USSR agreed to remove the missiles in return for the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey. 1976 - Cuban Communist Party approves a new socialist constitution; Castro elected president. 1980 - Around 125,000 Cubans, many of them released convicts, flee to the US. 1991 - Soviet military advisers leave Cuba following the collapse of the USSR.

1993 - The US tightens its embargo on Cuba, which introduces some market reforms in order to stem the deterioration of its economy. These include the legalisation of the US dollar, the transformation of many state farms into semi-autonomous cooperatives, and the legalisation of limited individual private enterprise. 1996 - US trade embargo made permanent in response to Cuba's shooting down of two US aircraft operated by Miami-based Cuban exiles.

2000 October - US House of Representatives approves the sale of food and medicines to Cuba. 2001 November - US exports food to Cuba for the first time in more than 40 years after a request from the Cuban government to help it cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Michelle.

2002 January - Prisoners taken during US-led action in Afghanistan are flown into Guantanamo Bay for interrogation as al-Qaeda suspects.

2002 January - Russia's last military base in Cuba, at Lourdes, closes down. 2006 July - President Fidel Castro undergoes gastric surgery and temporarily hands over control of the government to his brother, Raul.

2008 February - Raul Castro takes over as president, days after Fidel announces his retirement.

2008 May - Bans on private ownership of mobile phones and computers lifted.

2008 September - Hurricanes Gustav and Ike inflict worst storm damage in Cuba's recorded history, with 200,000 left homeless and their crops destroyed.

2008 October - State oil company says estimated 20bn barrels in offshore fields, being double previous estimates. 2009 April - US President Barack Obama says he wants a new beginning with Cuba.

2011 January - US President Barack Obama relaxes restrictions on travel to Cuba. Havana says the measures don't go far enough.

2011 November - Cuba passes law allowing individuals to buy and sell private property for first time in 50 years.

2011 December - The authorities release 2,500 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes, as part of an amnesty ahead of a papal visit due in 2012.

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=More Facts!=
 * Butterfly Jasmine is the official Flower of Cuba.
 * The national Bird of Cuba is the Tocororo
 * The National tree of Cuba is the Royal Palm.
 * Government is Communist State
 * Language Spanish but French and English are widely spoken threw out Cuba.

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