Fidel Castro led a rebel army to victory in 1959; his iron will 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 following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually, in 1990. Havana blames its difficulties on the US embargo in place since 1962.
Demographic Data
Capital: La Havane
Government type: Totalitarian Democracy
Government stability: 80.9%
Government efficiency: 74.0%
Population's support to government: 81.5%
Area: 110,860 square kilometers
Habitable land: 69.0%
Farmable land: 23.0%
Total population: 10,937 thousands
Population's growth: 0.6%
Country's development level: 7,260
Economic Data
GNP: 14,000,000,000
Industralisation: 76.0%
International funding: 21,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 2,181
Military Data
Technological generation: 2
Number of rebels: 984
Rebels development: 6,534
Rebels technological access: 5,081