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Cuba | Country | 
Venezuela |
President: Raul Castro |
Leader
| 
President: Hugo Chavez |
Communist state
|
Political system
| federal republic
|
20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence
| Independence date | 5 July 1811 (from Spain)
|
11,424,000
| Population
| 26,414,800
|
77.27 years
|
Life expectancy
| 73.45 years
|
Havana
|
Capital
| Caracas
|
| Havana (population: 2,163,820) | Largest city | Maracaibo (population: 2,225,000) |
| 0.855 | Human_development_index
| 0.826 |
$12,700 US
|
GDP per capita
| $14,000 US
|
99.8%
|
Literacy rate
| 93%
|
| 4.3 | Corruption perception index
| 1.9 |
| 43.2% | Percentage of women in parliament
| 18.6% |
| Legal |
Death Penalty
| Abolished |
nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented
|
Religion
| nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
|
Spanish
|
Languages
| Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects
|
| NA | Wealthiest citizen
| Gustavo Cisneros & family ($3.8bn US) |
1.8%
|
Unemployment rate
| 8.5%
|
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
|
Exports
| petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals, agricultural products, basic manufactures
|
$18,250,000,000 $
|
External Debt
| $47,990,000,000 US
|
Cuban pesos (CUP) per US dollar - 0.9259 (2008 est.), 0.9259 (2007), 0.9231 (2006)
note: Cuba has two currencies in circulation: the Cuban peso (CUP) and the convertible peso (CUC); in April 2005 the official exchange rate changed from $1 per CUC to $1.08 per CUC (0.93 CUC per $1), both for individuals and enterprises; individuals can buy 24 Cuban pesos (CUP) for each CUC sold, or sell 25 Cuban pesos for each CUC bought; enterprises, however, must exchange CUP and CUC at a 1:1 ratio.
|
Currency Exchange Rate
| bolivars (VEB) per US dollar - 2.147 (2008 est.), 2,147 (2007), 2,147 (2006), 2,089.8 (2005), 1,891.3 (2004)
note: On 1 January 2008 Venezuela revalued its currency with 1000 old bolivares equal to 1 new bolivar
|
3.8%
|
Military budget as a percentage of GDP
| 1.2%
|
| 24 | Beijing olympics medal count
| 1 |
Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
| Location | Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana
|
110,860 km sq
|
Area
| 882,050 km sq
|
3,735 km
|
Coastline
| 2,800 km
|
tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October)
|
Climate
| tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
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