La Habana Cuba
12-08-2007, 14:20
Cuba Foreign Investments : Welcome Capitalist, Socialist, Nacionalist, Monarchist, Fascist, Nazis, Dictators nations, foreign corporations, and
other investors, come and invest in our tourism, agricultural cooperatives,
fishing, mining and manufacturing industrys.
We have the worlds largest reserves of Nickel, recent potential discovery
of oil off our coasts.
Tourism, build your luxury hotels, restaurants, gambling casinos along our many fine white sandy beaches on islands, cays, keys and islets, staffed
mostly by our European descended workers, 37 % percent of our
population.
(OOC: you may post your luxury hotels, restaurants and businesses,
prefer pasted pictures, not links, but ok, post name & businesses in
accordance to Mod rules and regulations, I want you to post pictures of your businesses with names as long as rules allow)
Agricultural cooperative investments, stock your hotels and restaurants
with food supplied at low fixed government prices $, and or invest in our
agricultural cooperatives, we shall keep a certain percentage of production
for internal consumption, and export the rest for both our mutual profit $
benefit.
We offer highly trained, well disciplined educated workers, mostly European
descendants doctors, nurses, educators, industrial, agricultural and
services workers as well as general workers at home or overseas, willing to
do the work in your nation that other workers are unwilling to do.
We offer no trade unions to deal with as strikes are illegal, no costly government permits to worry about, no business taxes, just divide up the
Profits $.
Here is our deal, pay our government half of your nations average wage per
worker, per year, if lower than our own, or as determined by NS economic
indicators agencys, or as negotiated.
Poorer nations than us may pay us half thier average wage per worker or
as negotiated, we shall send you highly skilled qualified workers to help you
develop.
We beleive in helping poorer nations than ourselves and richer nations
than ourselves who may not provide all the social services we provide.
In internal investments our government will hold 51 to 55 percent interest
or negotiable, will keep a small or certain percentage of production for
nternal consumption and export the rest for our mutual profit $ benefit.
In external contracts you provide shelter for the worker and a food voucher
is optional.
Please inform us how many workers your business needs, what kind, maids, sweepers, waiters, waitreses, bus boys, bell boys, office workers like for the hotels staff, industrial workers, construction workers, farmers,
general workers, and if it is internal or external or both.
We offer medical, religious and pleasure tourism packages for all tastes.
We suggest that we negotiate our business deals through the NS post page system and NS diplomatic telegrams, all interested nations as well as
those who establish relations with us through our public poll, will be contacted by diplomatic NS telegrams and or post page system as
government dutys permit.
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba's proper
government form of address for members and ministers of the LHC State
Council of Ministers Collective, for members only the name required and
LHC State Council of Ministers, for Ministers as the exsample shows with
Tittle, Collective is optional.
Felipe Perez Roque
Foreign Affairs Minister
LHC State Council of Ministers
General adress form, LHC State Council of Ministers
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba, a one political party
state, is a massive environnmentally stunning archipelago of one main
island and over 5,000 small cays, keys and islets, with many white sandy
beaches, excellent natural harbors, gently rolling hills & plaines, lush
tropical rain forests and high towering mountains.
Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5,558,000,000 billion are fiercely
patriotic and enjoy great social equality except for the small privileged
governing elite, and tend to view capitalist nations as immoral and corrupt.
Anti government protests are not necessary and are delt with accordingly,
pro government sponsored patriotic protest rallies are common and
sufficient.
All national media, newspapers, magazines, radio, tv and internet services
are government owned and operated for the common social good of the
people and nation, cable and sattlelight tv service is illegal.
Special monitored internet service permits may be issued to government
employees and the small privileged governing elite as it relates to their
work or pleasure. The large government structure is mainly concerned with
law & order, health, education, enviornment and the economy, private
enterprise is illegal as businesses are government owned and operated.
The small private sector is made up of government licesensed workers and
illegal black market entrepreneurs in every sector of the economy, which
the government is always cracking down on to stamp it out.
Voting is voluntary, neighborhood Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution may visit your home to remind you to vote for the good of the
nation, people, party and revolution.
Abortions, euthanasia, and the death penalty is legal and the police are
very present on street corners, crime is non exsistant although thier are
incidents.
La Habana Cuba's national animal is the El Sinsonte which frolics freely in
the nations many lush tropical rain forests and high towering mountains,
visited by many Canadian and European tourists with Dollars $ and Euros,
and the national currencys are the El Peso - CUP, and CUC.
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba.
Flag : Three blue horrizontal stripes alternating from top to bottom with 2
white horrizontal stripes, with a red equilateral triangle based at the hoist
side containing a five pointed solitary white star in the center.
Area :
RW Area 42,803 Square Miles,
RW Area 110,860 Square Kilometers.
LHC RW Area 44,218 Square Miles,
LHC RW Area 114,525 Square Kilometers.
LHC NS Area 4,421,800 Square Miles,
LHC NS Area 11,452,409 Square Kilometers.
Capital City : Ciudad de La Habana.
Divided into 14 Provinces and 169 municipalitys
including one special municipality, the Isle of Youth,
formerly the Isle of Pines.
Population : ONE - Oficina Nacional de estadisticas de Cuba
population figures as of end of Dec's.
Note: 2002 - 2001 inter year census, 11,177,743,
ML 5,597,233 50.07 % , FM 5,580,510 49.93 %
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2001 - 11,168,526 + 31,826 - 00.285 %
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2002 - 11,200,388 + 29,688 - 00.265 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 - 11,230,076 + 11,215 - 00.099 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2004 - 11,241,291 + 02,545 - 00.026 %
Births ------83,641 +
Deaths-----81,096 -
Diffrence + 2,545 +
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2005 - 11,243,836 - 04,793 - 00.042 %
Births ----- 80,031 +
Deaths ----84,824 -
Diffrence ---4,793 -
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2006 - 11,239,043
Births -----
Deaths ----80,840
--------------------------------------------------------------------
NS Pop 5,725,000,000 Billion, Tuesday 08-07-07
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LHC ONE : Ethnic Groups :
White 37 % - Mostly Spaniards,
Mestizos, 27.26 % - Lite Mixed
Mulatos 23 % - Dark Mixed,
Blacks 11 % Percent,
Chinese 01 % Percent,
Arabs 80,000, 0.71 %
Japanese,1500, 0.02 %
Koreans, 1,000, 0.01 %
Official Language : Spanish.
Official National Bird :
El Sinsonte.
National Anthem :
La Bayamesa.
LHC Religions :
Roman Catholics 85 %
Protestants 12 %
Jehovas Witnesses 01 %
Muslims 01 %
Others 01 %
Santeria common.
LHC Literacy Rate 100 %
National Currencys :
The El Peso - Cup & Cuc.
Age Groups - Males - Females - Respective Percentages - %
01 to 05 --- 626,805 --- 322,829 --- 303,976 --- 05.57 - 05.74 - 05.42
05 to 09 --- 717,153 --- 369,504 --- 347,649 --- 06.38 - 06.57 - 06.20
10 to 14 --- 727,011 --- 373,002 --- 354,009 -- 06.47 - 06.63 - 06.31
15 to 19 --- 855,646 --- 439,833 --- 415,813 --- 07.64 - 07.81 - 07.41
20 to 24 --- 778,362 --- 400,877 --- 377,485 --- 06.92 - 07.12 - 06.73
25 to 29 --- 671,570 --- 347,275 --- 324,295 --- 05.97 - 06.17 - 05.78
30 to 34 --- 950,518 --- 484,448 --- 466,070 --- 08.46 - 08.61 - 08.31
35 to 39 --1,051,252 --- 528,204 --- 523,048 --- 09.35 - 09.38 - 09.32
40 to 44 --1,087,783 --- 541,111 --- 546,672 --- 09.68 - 09.61 - 09.74
45 to 49 --- 734,370 --- 361,147 --- 373,223 --- 06.53 - 06.42 - 06.65
50 to 54 --- 645,045 --- 315,020 --- 330,025 --- 05.74 - 05.60 - 05.88
55 to 59 --- 602,534 --- 293,734 --- 308,800 --- 05.36 - 05.22 - 05.50
60 to 64 --- 520,667 --- 252,872 --- 267,795 --- 04.63 - 04.49 - 04.77
65 to ++ ---1,270,327 --- 598,183 --- 672,144 ---11.30 - 10.63 - 11.9
Males 5,628,039 - 50.08 %
Females 5,611,004 - 49.92 %
Total Pop 11,239,043
LHC ONE Dec 2006 estimates.
Provinces Respective Percentages %
National & ML & FM Per Provinces,
Dec 2006.
01. Ciudad de la Habana.........................2,168,255......19.29 - 49.08 - 51.92
02. Santiago de Cuba............................. 1,044,791......09.30 - 50.02 - 49.98
03. Holguin...............................................1,034,371......09.20 - 50.70 - 49.30
04. Granma................................................. 832.826......07.41 - 50.25 - 49.75
05. Villa Clara,..Las..Villas..Santa..Clara.....811,671......07.22 - 50.34 - 49.66
06. Camaguey..............................................784,445......06.98 - 50.46 - 49.54
07. La Habana..............................................735,143......06.54 - 51.26 - 48.74
08. Pinar del Rio...........................................731,276......06.50 - 50.31 - 49.69
09. Matanzas................................................682,081......06.07 - 50.25 - 49.75
10. Las Tunas...............................................531,859......04.73 - 50.86 - 49.14
11 Guantanamo............................................511,224......04.55 - 50.25 - 49.75
12. Sancti Espiritus.......................................463,758......04.13 - 50.79 - 49.21
13. Ciego de Avila.........................................419,810......03.74 - 50.83 - 49.17
14 Cienfuegos...............................................400,976......03.57 - 50.80 - 49.20
15. Isla de la Juventud, Isla de Pinos.............86,557......00.77 - 50.83 - 49.17
La Habana Cuba 11,239,043 - - Dec 2006 - - - ML 50.08 % - 49.92 %
Males, Females Respective National Percentages % Per Provinces.
15. Ciudad de la Habana...1,042,570 ..... 1,125,685.....18.53.....20.06
14. Santiago de Cuba...........522,154..........522,637.....09.28.....09.09
13. Holguin.............................524,453..........509,918.....09.32.....09.09
12. Granma.............................422,880..........409,946.....07.51.....07.31
11. Villa Clara..........................408,606..........403,065.....07.26.....07.18
10. Camaguey.........................395,811..........388,634.....07.03.....06.93
09. LA Habana.........................371,790..........363,353.....06.63.....06.48
08. Pinar del Rio.......................372,990.........358,286......06.60.....06.38
07. Matanzas............................342,766..........339,315......06.09.....06.04
06. Las Tunas...........................270,498..........261,361......04.81.....04.67
05. Guantanamo.......................256,876..........254,348......04.56.....04.53
04. Sancti Espiritus...................235,558..........228,200......04.19.....04.06
03. Ciego de Avila.....................213,391...........206,419.....03.79......03.68
02. Cienfuegos...........................203,700..........197,276......03.79......03.68
01. Isla de la Juventud, Isle of Pines 43,996......42,561.....00.78.......00.77
MLS 5,628,039 - - - 50.08 %
FMS 5,611,004 - - - 49.92 %
LHC11,239,043 - - -
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Economy :
Agriculture: sugar, sugarcane, sugar beets, rice, beans, livestock meats,
fruits and vegetables, coffee, tabacco, cigars.
Fishing : many fishes off island coast waters.
Industry : sugar, food processing, petroleum refining, tobacco, cement,
construction, steel, light consumer and industrial products, pharmaceutical
and biotech products.
Natural Resources and mining, the worlds largest reserves of nickel,
worlds fourth major exporter of nickel, cobalt, iron ore, copper,
manganese, salt, timber, natural gas, and recent potencial offshore oil
discoverys.
Tourism : over 2,000,000 Million foreign tourists per year visit el Sinsonte,
La Habana Cuba's white sandy beaches, lush tropical rain forests, and high
towering mountains, mostly Canadian and Europeans with $ Dollars &
Euros.
Exports : sugar, sugarcane, sugar beets, fish, fruits & vegetables, coffee,
tobacco, cigars, nickel, cobalt, manganese,cement, pharmaceuticals &
Biotech products.
Imports : petroleum oil, natural gas, food products, machinery and
chemicals.
RW GDP : 40,000,000,000 Billion.
Per Capital $ 4,000Purchasing Power Parity 45,510,000,000 Billion.
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Cuba - LHC - Export Nations
01. Canada 20.90 %
02. Netherlands 20.90 % - EU
03. China 18.10 %
04. Spain 05.70 % - E
05. Venezuela - no data given
xx. Total EU - 26.60 %
Cuba - LHC - Import Nations
01. China 21.60 %
02. Spain 13.30 % - EU
03. Germany 08,80 % - EU
04. Canada07.60
05. Italy 06.10 - EU
06. USA - 05.90
07. Brazil - 05.2
08. Mexico - 04.70
09. Venezuela - no data given
xx. EU Total - 28.20 %
xx. Total 73.20 %
EXports............. $ 2,956,000,000 Billions.
Imports.............. $ 9,510,000,000 Billions.
Trade Defict....... $ 6,554,000,000 Billions.
Cia World Factbook, 2006 estimates.
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ONE : Oficina de Estadisticas de Cuba :
Average Wages Per Month & Year,
Minimum $ 380, $ 4,560 Pesos, CUP.
Maximum $ 450. $ 5,400 Pesos, CUP.
Potencial Labor Force, 15 years and over,
6,679,900, ML 3,507,900, FM 3,172,000,
52.51 %, 47.49 %
Employed................ 2,998,500 ......85.48 %
Unemployed................. 55,000 ......01.57 %
ML Labor Force........1,762,900 ..... 87.05 %
Non active................... 454,400 ......12.95 %
Employed................ 1,724,000 ..... 54.35 %
Unemployed................. 38,900 ..... 01.23 %
FM Labor Force....... 1,762,900 ..... 55.58 %
Non active.............. 1,409,100 ....... 44.42 %
LHC, potencial non active ML labor force.....509,400...... 26.02 %
LHC, potencial non active FM labor force...1,448,000..... 73.98 %
LHC total potencial non active labor force..1,957,400....100.00 %
Labor Force by sectors
Agriculture and Fishery ---------------- 20.25 %
Mining industry ---------------------------- 00.56 %
Manufacturing industry ----------------- 11.98 %
Electric, Gas and Water ---------------- 01.42 %
Construction -------------------------------- 05.15 %
Restaurants, Hotels, Commerce ----- 13.08 %
Transportation, Communications ---- 05.94 %
Financial Services ------------------------- 02.22 %
Social & Services Sector ---------------- 39.38 %
LHC ONE : Economic Statistics may be updated in new Post Page.
Government - One Political Party State
President Fidel Castro Ruz,
our Comandante en Jefe for life is getting better,on the phone in bed,
giving orders while being updated on world affairs and consulted on all
matters of state, make no mistake about it.
Ricardo Alarcon Quesada.
President of the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
Vice President & Acting President,
Raul Castro Ruz, has issued decree number 01, calling for municipal,
provincial and LHC National Assembly democratic socialist one party state
elections, late this year, and early next year, dates to be announced.
169 Municipal Assemblys:
169 elected municipal assembly delegates, elect delegates to the provincial
assemblys.
14 Provincial Assemblys delegates elect, national assembly delegate
candidates.
LHC National Assembly Parliment :
609 deputys elected to a 5 year term.
LHC Council of Ministers :
Is the highest executive and administrative body and constitutes the
Government of the Republic.
The number, designation and functions of the ministries and central bodies
which form part of the Council of Ministers are established by law.
The Council of Ministers comprises the Head of State and Government,
who is its President, the First Vice President, the Vice Presidents, the
Ministers, the Secretary and the other members, as determined by law.
The President, the First Vice President, the Vice Presidents and the other
members of the Council of Ministers selected by the President, make up its
Executive Committee.
LHC Council of State :
Is the executive Comittee of the Council of State,
The Executive Committee may make decisions regarding matters
pertaining to the Council of Ministers in the period of time between
meetings of the Council.
The Council of Ministers & Council of state, will act as a collective,
Address form exsample for a spefecific Minister or Member, Tittle,
Foreign Affairs Minister
Felipe Perez Roof the political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
1. Julio Christian Jimenez Molina, President of the National Institute of
Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, member of the Council of
State.
11. Francisco Soberon Valdes, Minister of the Central Bank of Cub, member
of the Council of Stae, deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
04. Domestic Trade - Jorge Marino Alberto Murillo.
05. Computer Science & Communications
Acting Fernando Mario Gonsalez Bermudez.
06. Informatic Communications - Ramiro Valdes Menendez.
07. Construction - Fidel Fernando Figueroa de la Paz.
08. Culture - Abel E Prieto Jimenez.
09. Economy & Planing - Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia.
10. Education - Luis Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez.
11. Higher Education - Juan Vela Valdes.
12. Finance & Prices - Georgina Barreiro Fajardo.
13. Minister of Defense, Vice President and acting President,
Raul Castro Ruz.
14. Food Industry - Alejandro Roca Iglesias.
15. Basic Industry - Yadira Garcia Vera.
16. Light Industry - Jose Silvano Hernandez.
17. Fishing Industry - Alfredo Lopez Valdes.
18. Iron & mechanical Industries - Fernando Acosta Santana,
19. Interior - Abelardo Colome Ibarra.
20. Justice - Maria Esther Reus Gonzalez.
21. Foreign Affairs Minister - Felipe Perez Roque.
22. Public Health - Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera.
23. Labor & Social Security - Alfredo Morales Cartaya.
24. Transportation - Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz.
25. Tourism - Manuel Marrero Cruz.
26. Foreing Investment & Economic Cooperation -
Martha Lomas Morales.
27. Auditing and Control - Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela.
28. The Central Bank of Cuba - Francisco Soberon Valdes.
29. The Cuban Aviation Institute - Rogelio Acevedo Gonzalez.
30. Sports, Physical Education & Recreation -
Julio Christian Jimenez Molina.
31. The National Hydraulics Resources Institute,
Rene Mesa Villafa
LHC Council of State : :
Some members are also part of the Council of Ministers and maybe listed
twice.
01.Fidel Castro, President of Cuba.
o2. Raul Castro, Defense Minister, Vice President and Acting President.
03. Carlos Lage Davila, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Ministers, Vice President of the Council of State, member of the
political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
04. Jose Ramon Alvarez Fernandez, Vice President of the Executive
Committee of the Council of Ministers, member of the Central Committee of
the LHC Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
05. Otto Rivero Torres, Vice President of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Ministers, member of the Central Committee of the LHC
Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
06. Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia, Minister of Economy and Planning, Vice
President of the Council of Ministers, member of the Council of State,
member of the Central Committee of the LHC Communist Party.
07. Ramiro Valdes Menendez, Minister of Informatic Communications,
member of the Council of State, member of the Central Committee of the
LHC Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
08. Abelardo Colome Ibarra, Minister of the Interior, Vice President of the
Council of State, member of the political Bureau of the LHC Communist
Party.
09. Felipe Perez Roque, Foreign Affairs Minister, member of the Council of
State, member of the Central Committee of the LHC Communist Party,
Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
10. Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera, Minster of Public Health, member of the
political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
1. Julio Christian Jimenez Molina, President of the National Institute of
Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, member of the Council of
State.
11. Francisco Soberon Valdes, Minister of the Central Bank of Cub, member
of the Council of State deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
other investors, come and invest in our tourism, agricultural cooperatives,
fishing, mining and manufacturing industrys.
We have the worlds largest reserves of Nickel, recent potential discovery
of oil off our coasts.
Tourism, build your luxury hotels, restaurants, gambling casinos along our many fine white sandy beaches on islands, cays, keys and islets, staffed
mostly by our European descended workers, 37 % percent of our
population.
(OOC: you may post your luxury hotels, restaurants and businesses,
prefer pasted pictures, not links, but ok, post name & businesses in
accordance to Mod rules and regulations, I want you to post pictures of your businesses with names as long as rules allow)
Agricultural cooperative investments, stock your hotels and restaurants
with food supplied at low fixed government prices $, and or invest in our
agricultural cooperatives, we shall keep a certain percentage of production
for internal consumption, and export the rest for both our mutual profit $
benefit.
We offer highly trained, well disciplined educated workers, mostly European
descendants doctors, nurses, educators, industrial, agricultural and
services workers as well as general workers at home or overseas, willing to
do the work in your nation that other workers are unwilling to do.
We offer no trade unions to deal with as strikes are illegal, no costly government permits to worry about, no business taxes, just divide up the
Profits $.
Here is our deal, pay our government half of your nations average wage per
worker, per year, if lower than our own, or as determined by NS economic
indicators agencys, or as negotiated.
Poorer nations than us may pay us half thier average wage per worker or
as negotiated, we shall send you highly skilled qualified workers to help you
develop.
We beleive in helping poorer nations than ourselves and richer nations
than ourselves who may not provide all the social services we provide.
In internal investments our government will hold 51 to 55 percent interest
or negotiable, will keep a small or certain percentage of production for
nternal consumption and export the rest for our mutual profit $ benefit.
In external contracts you provide shelter for the worker and a food voucher
is optional.
Please inform us how many workers your business needs, what kind, maids, sweepers, waiters, waitreses, bus boys, bell boys, office workers like for the hotels staff, industrial workers, construction workers, farmers,
general workers, and if it is internal or external or both.
We offer medical, religious and pleasure tourism packages for all tastes.
We suggest that we negotiate our business deals through the NS post page system and NS diplomatic telegrams, all interested nations as well as
those who establish relations with us through our public poll, will be contacted by diplomatic NS telegrams and or post page system as
government dutys permit.
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba's proper
government form of address for members and ministers of the LHC State
Council of Ministers Collective, for members only the name required and
LHC State Council of Ministers, for Ministers as the exsample shows with
Tittle, Collective is optional.
Felipe Perez Roque
Foreign Affairs Minister
LHC State Council of Ministers
General adress form, LHC State Council of Ministers
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba, a one political party
state, is a massive environnmentally stunning archipelago of one main
island and over 5,000 small cays, keys and islets, with many white sandy
beaches, excellent natural harbors, gently rolling hills & plaines, lush
tropical rain forests and high towering mountains.
Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5,558,000,000 billion are fiercely
patriotic and enjoy great social equality except for the small privileged
governing elite, and tend to view capitalist nations as immoral and corrupt.
Anti government protests are not necessary and are delt with accordingly,
pro government sponsored patriotic protest rallies are common and
sufficient.
All national media, newspapers, magazines, radio, tv and internet services
are government owned and operated for the common social good of the
people and nation, cable and sattlelight tv service is illegal.
Special monitored internet service permits may be issued to government
employees and the small privileged governing elite as it relates to their
work or pleasure. The large government structure is mainly concerned with
law & order, health, education, enviornment and the economy, private
enterprise is illegal as businesses are government owned and operated.
The small private sector is made up of government licesensed workers and
illegal black market entrepreneurs in every sector of the economy, which
the government is always cracking down on to stamp it out.
Voting is voluntary, neighborhood Committees for the Defense of the
Revolution may visit your home to remind you to vote for the good of the
nation, people, party and revolution.
Abortions, euthanasia, and the death penalty is legal and the police are
very present on street corners, crime is non exsistant although thier are
incidents.
La Habana Cuba's national animal is the El Sinsonte which frolics freely in
the nations many lush tropical rain forests and high towering mountains,
visited by many Canadian and European tourists with Dollars $ and Euros,
and the national currencys are the El Peso - CUP, and CUC.
The Socialist Democratic Republic of La Habana Cuba.
Flag : Three blue horrizontal stripes alternating from top to bottom with 2
white horrizontal stripes, with a red equilateral triangle based at the hoist
side containing a five pointed solitary white star in the center.
Area :
RW Area 42,803 Square Miles,
RW Area 110,860 Square Kilometers.
LHC RW Area 44,218 Square Miles,
LHC RW Area 114,525 Square Kilometers.
LHC NS Area 4,421,800 Square Miles,
LHC NS Area 11,452,409 Square Kilometers.
Capital City : Ciudad de La Habana.
Divided into 14 Provinces and 169 municipalitys
including one special municipality, the Isle of Youth,
formerly the Isle of Pines.
Population : ONE - Oficina Nacional de estadisticas de Cuba
population figures as of end of Dec's.
Note: 2002 - 2001 inter year census, 11,177,743,
ML 5,597,233 50.07 % , FM 5,580,510 49.93 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2001 - 11,168,526 + 31,826 - 00.285 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2002 - 11,200,388 + 29,688 - 00.265 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2003 - 11,230,076 + 11,215 - 00.099 %
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2004 - 11,241,291 + 02,545 - 00.026 %
Births ------83,641 +
Deaths-----81,096 -
Diffrence + 2,545 +
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2005 - 11,243,836 - 04,793 - 00.042 %
Births ----- 80,031 +
Deaths ----84,824 -
Diffrence ---4,793 -
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2006 - 11,239,043
Births -----
Deaths ----80,840
--------------------------------------------------------------------
NS Pop 5,725,000,000 Billion, Tuesday 08-07-07
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LHC ONE : Ethnic Groups :
White 37 % - Mostly Spaniards,
Mestizos, 27.26 % - Lite Mixed
Mulatos 23 % - Dark Mixed,
Blacks 11 % Percent,
Chinese 01 % Percent,
Arabs 80,000, 0.71 %
Japanese,1500, 0.02 %
Koreans, 1,000, 0.01 %
Official Language : Spanish.
Official National Bird :
El Sinsonte.
National Anthem :
La Bayamesa.
LHC Religions :
Roman Catholics 85 %
Protestants 12 %
Jehovas Witnesses 01 %
Muslims 01 %
Others 01 %
Santeria common.
LHC Literacy Rate 100 %
National Currencys :
The El Peso - Cup & Cuc.
Age Groups - Males - Females - Respective Percentages - %
01 to 05 --- 626,805 --- 322,829 --- 303,976 --- 05.57 - 05.74 - 05.42
05 to 09 --- 717,153 --- 369,504 --- 347,649 --- 06.38 - 06.57 - 06.20
10 to 14 --- 727,011 --- 373,002 --- 354,009 -- 06.47 - 06.63 - 06.31
15 to 19 --- 855,646 --- 439,833 --- 415,813 --- 07.64 - 07.81 - 07.41
20 to 24 --- 778,362 --- 400,877 --- 377,485 --- 06.92 - 07.12 - 06.73
25 to 29 --- 671,570 --- 347,275 --- 324,295 --- 05.97 - 06.17 - 05.78
30 to 34 --- 950,518 --- 484,448 --- 466,070 --- 08.46 - 08.61 - 08.31
35 to 39 --1,051,252 --- 528,204 --- 523,048 --- 09.35 - 09.38 - 09.32
40 to 44 --1,087,783 --- 541,111 --- 546,672 --- 09.68 - 09.61 - 09.74
45 to 49 --- 734,370 --- 361,147 --- 373,223 --- 06.53 - 06.42 - 06.65
50 to 54 --- 645,045 --- 315,020 --- 330,025 --- 05.74 - 05.60 - 05.88
55 to 59 --- 602,534 --- 293,734 --- 308,800 --- 05.36 - 05.22 - 05.50
60 to 64 --- 520,667 --- 252,872 --- 267,795 --- 04.63 - 04.49 - 04.77
65 to ++ ---1,270,327 --- 598,183 --- 672,144 ---11.30 - 10.63 - 11.9
Males 5,628,039 - 50.08 %
Females 5,611,004 - 49.92 %
Total Pop 11,239,043
LHC ONE Dec 2006 estimates.
Provinces Respective Percentages %
National & ML & FM Per Provinces,
Dec 2006.
01. Ciudad de la Habana.........................2,168,255......19.29 - 49.08 - 51.92
02. Santiago de Cuba............................. 1,044,791......09.30 - 50.02 - 49.98
03. Holguin...............................................1,034,371......09.20 - 50.70 - 49.30
04. Granma................................................. 832.826......07.41 - 50.25 - 49.75
05. Villa Clara,..Las..Villas..Santa..Clara.....811,671......07.22 - 50.34 - 49.66
06. Camaguey..............................................784,445......06.98 - 50.46 - 49.54
07. La Habana..............................................735,143......06.54 - 51.26 - 48.74
08. Pinar del Rio...........................................731,276......06.50 - 50.31 - 49.69
09. Matanzas................................................682,081......06.07 - 50.25 - 49.75
10. Las Tunas...............................................531,859......04.73 - 50.86 - 49.14
11 Guantanamo............................................511,224......04.55 - 50.25 - 49.75
12. Sancti Espiritus.......................................463,758......04.13 - 50.79 - 49.21
13. Ciego de Avila.........................................419,810......03.74 - 50.83 - 49.17
14 Cienfuegos...............................................400,976......03.57 - 50.80 - 49.20
15. Isla de la Juventud, Isla de Pinos.............86,557......00.77 - 50.83 - 49.17
La Habana Cuba 11,239,043 - - Dec 2006 - - - ML 50.08 % - 49.92 %
Males, Females Respective National Percentages % Per Provinces.
15. Ciudad de la Habana...1,042,570 ..... 1,125,685.....18.53.....20.06
14. Santiago de Cuba...........522,154..........522,637.....09.28.....09.09
13. Holguin.............................524,453..........509,918.....09.32.....09.09
12. Granma.............................422,880..........409,946.....07.51.....07.31
11. Villa Clara..........................408,606..........403,065.....07.26.....07.18
10. Camaguey.........................395,811..........388,634.....07.03.....06.93
09. LA Habana.........................371,790..........363,353.....06.63.....06.48
08. Pinar del Rio.......................372,990.........358,286......06.60.....06.38
07. Matanzas............................342,766..........339,315......06.09.....06.04
06. Las Tunas...........................270,498..........261,361......04.81.....04.67
05. Guantanamo.......................256,876..........254,348......04.56.....04.53
04. Sancti Espiritus...................235,558..........228,200......04.19.....04.06
03. Ciego de Avila.....................213,391...........206,419.....03.79......03.68
02. Cienfuegos...........................203,700..........197,276......03.79......03.68
01. Isla de la Juventud, Isle of Pines 43,996......42,561.....00.78.......00.77
MLS 5,628,039 - - - 50.08 %
FMS 5,611,004 - - - 49.92 %
LHC11,239,043 - - -
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Economy :
Agriculture: sugar, sugarcane, sugar beets, rice, beans, livestock meats,
fruits and vegetables, coffee, tabacco, cigars.
Fishing : many fishes off island coast waters.
Industry : sugar, food processing, petroleum refining, tobacco, cement,
construction, steel, light consumer and industrial products, pharmaceutical
and biotech products.
Natural Resources and mining, the worlds largest reserves of nickel,
worlds fourth major exporter of nickel, cobalt, iron ore, copper,
manganese, salt, timber, natural gas, and recent potencial offshore oil
discoverys.
Tourism : over 2,000,000 Million foreign tourists per year visit el Sinsonte,
La Habana Cuba's white sandy beaches, lush tropical rain forests, and high
towering mountains, mostly Canadian and Europeans with $ Dollars &
Euros.
Exports : sugar, sugarcane, sugar beets, fish, fruits & vegetables, coffee,
tobacco, cigars, nickel, cobalt, manganese,cement, pharmaceuticals &
Biotech products.
Imports : petroleum oil, natural gas, food products, machinery and
chemicals.
RW GDP : 40,000,000,000 Billion.
Per Capital $ 4,000Purchasing Power Parity 45,510,000,000 Billion.
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Cuba - LHC - Export Nations
01. Canada 20.90 %
02. Netherlands 20.90 % - EU
03. China 18.10 %
04. Spain 05.70 % - E
05. Venezuela - no data given
xx. Total EU - 26.60 %
Cuba - LHC - Import Nations
01. China 21.60 %
02. Spain 13.30 % - EU
03. Germany 08,80 % - EU
04. Canada07.60
05. Italy 06.10 - EU
06. USA - 05.90
07. Brazil - 05.2
08. Mexico - 04.70
09. Venezuela - no data given
xx. EU Total - 28.20 %
xx. Total 73.20 %
EXports............. $ 2,956,000,000 Billions.
Imports.............. $ 9,510,000,000 Billions.
Trade Defict....... $ 6,554,000,000 Billions.
Cia World Factbook, 2006 estimates.
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ONE : Oficina de Estadisticas de Cuba :
Average Wages Per Month & Year,
Minimum $ 380, $ 4,560 Pesos, CUP.
Maximum $ 450. $ 5,400 Pesos, CUP.
Potencial Labor Force, 15 years and over,
6,679,900, ML 3,507,900, FM 3,172,000,
52.51 %, 47.49 %
Employed................ 2,998,500 ......85.48 %
Unemployed................. 55,000 ......01.57 %
ML Labor Force........1,762,900 ..... 87.05 %
Non active................... 454,400 ......12.95 %
Employed................ 1,724,000 ..... 54.35 %
Unemployed................. 38,900 ..... 01.23 %
FM Labor Force....... 1,762,900 ..... 55.58 %
Non active.............. 1,409,100 ....... 44.42 %
LHC, potencial non active ML labor force.....509,400...... 26.02 %
LHC, potencial non active FM labor force...1,448,000..... 73.98 %
LHC total potencial non active labor force..1,957,400....100.00 %
Labor Force by sectors
Agriculture and Fishery ---------------- 20.25 %
Mining industry ---------------------------- 00.56 %
Manufacturing industry ----------------- 11.98 %
Electric, Gas and Water ---------------- 01.42 %
Construction -------------------------------- 05.15 %
Restaurants, Hotels, Commerce ----- 13.08 %
Transportation, Communications ---- 05.94 %
Financial Services ------------------------- 02.22 %
Social & Services Sector ---------------- 39.38 %
LHC ONE : Economic Statistics may be updated in new Post Page.
Government - One Political Party State
President Fidel Castro Ruz,
our Comandante en Jefe for life is getting better,on the phone in bed,
giving orders while being updated on world affairs and consulted on all
matters of state, make no mistake about it.
Ricardo Alarcon Quesada.
President of the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
Vice President & Acting President,
Raul Castro Ruz, has issued decree number 01, calling for municipal,
provincial and LHC National Assembly democratic socialist one party state
elections, late this year, and early next year, dates to be announced.
169 Municipal Assemblys:
169 elected municipal assembly delegates, elect delegates to the provincial
assemblys.
14 Provincial Assemblys delegates elect, national assembly delegate
candidates.
LHC National Assembly Parliment :
609 deputys elected to a 5 year term.
LHC Council of Ministers :
Is the highest executive and administrative body and constitutes the
Government of the Republic.
The number, designation and functions of the ministries and central bodies
which form part of the Council of Ministers are established by law.
The Council of Ministers comprises the Head of State and Government,
who is its President, the First Vice President, the Vice Presidents, the
Ministers, the Secretary and the other members, as determined by law.
The President, the First Vice President, the Vice Presidents and the other
members of the Council of Ministers selected by the President, make up its
Executive Committee.
LHC Council of State :
Is the executive Comittee of the Council of State,
The Executive Committee may make decisions regarding matters
pertaining to the Council of Ministers in the period of time between
meetings of the Council.
The Council of Ministers & Council of state, will act as a collective,
Address form exsample for a spefecific Minister or Member, Tittle,
Foreign Affairs Minister
Felipe Perez Roof the political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
1. Julio Christian Jimenez Molina, President of the National Institute of
Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, member of the Council of
State.
11. Francisco Soberon Valdes, Minister of the Central Bank of Cub, member
of the Council of Stae, deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
04. Domestic Trade - Jorge Marino Alberto Murillo.
05. Computer Science & Communications
Acting Fernando Mario Gonsalez Bermudez.
06. Informatic Communications - Ramiro Valdes Menendez.
07. Construction - Fidel Fernando Figueroa de la Paz.
08. Culture - Abel E Prieto Jimenez.
09. Economy & Planing - Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia.
10. Education - Luis Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez.
11. Higher Education - Juan Vela Valdes.
12. Finance & Prices - Georgina Barreiro Fajardo.
13. Minister of Defense, Vice President and acting President,
Raul Castro Ruz.
14. Food Industry - Alejandro Roca Iglesias.
15. Basic Industry - Yadira Garcia Vera.
16. Light Industry - Jose Silvano Hernandez.
17. Fishing Industry - Alfredo Lopez Valdes.
18. Iron & mechanical Industries - Fernando Acosta Santana,
19. Interior - Abelardo Colome Ibarra.
20. Justice - Maria Esther Reus Gonzalez.
21. Foreign Affairs Minister - Felipe Perez Roque.
22. Public Health - Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera.
23. Labor & Social Security - Alfredo Morales Cartaya.
24. Transportation - Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz.
25. Tourism - Manuel Marrero Cruz.
26. Foreing Investment & Economic Cooperation -
Martha Lomas Morales.
27. Auditing and Control - Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela.
28. The Central Bank of Cuba - Francisco Soberon Valdes.
29. The Cuban Aviation Institute - Rogelio Acevedo Gonzalez.
30. Sports, Physical Education & Recreation -
Julio Christian Jimenez Molina.
31. The National Hydraulics Resources Institute,
Rene Mesa Villafa
LHC Council of State : :
Some members are also part of the Council of Ministers and maybe listed
twice.
01.Fidel Castro, President of Cuba.
o2. Raul Castro, Defense Minister, Vice President and Acting President.
03. Carlos Lage Davila, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Ministers, Vice President of the Council of State, member of the
political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
04. Jose Ramon Alvarez Fernandez, Vice President of the Executive
Committee of the Council of Ministers, member of the Central Committee of
the LHC Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
05. Otto Rivero Torres, Vice President of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Ministers, member of the Central Committee of the LHC
Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
06. Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia, Minister of Economy and Planning, Vice
President of the Council of Ministers, member of the Council of State,
member of the Central Committee of the LHC Communist Party.
07. Ramiro Valdes Menendez, Minister of Informatic Communications,
member of the Council of State, member of the Central Committee of the
LHC Communist Party, Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
08. Abelardo Colome Ibarra, Minister of the Interior, Vice President of the
Council of State, member of the political Bureau of the LHC Communist
Party.
09. Felipe Perez Roque, Foreign Affairs Minister, member of the Council of
State, member of the Central Committee of the LHC Communist Party,
Deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.
10. Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera, Minster of Public Health, member of the
political Bureau of the LHC Communist Party.
1. Julio Christian Jimenez Molina, President of the National Institute of
Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, member of the Council of
State.
11. Francisco Soberon Valdes, Minister of the Central Bank of Cub, member
of the Council of State deputy to the LHC National Assembly Parliment.