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--Some introduction--
First of all, Cuba is a communist country. Cuba is an island between South America and North America. So, this is how the communist sign look like...

The hammer stands for the workers and the sickle stands for the farmers.

--Facts of Cuba...--
Government: Communism Population : 11,477,459 Total Area : 110,860 sq km Currency : Cuban Peso Language : Spanish Capial City : Havana Full Name: People's Republic of Cuba

--What is the full name of Cuba?...--
The full name of Cuba is 'People's Republic of Cuba.'

--History of Cuba...--
Arawak (or Taino) Indians inhabiting Cuba when Columbus landed on the island in 1492 died from diseases brought by sailors and settlers. By 1511, Spaniards under Diego Velásquez had established settlements. Havana's superb harbor made it a common transit point to and from Spain. In the early 1800s, Cuba's sugarcane industry boomed, requiring massive numbers of black slaves. A simmering independence movement turned into open warfare from 1867 to 1878. Slavery was abolished in 1886. In 1895, the poet José Marti led the struggle that finally ended Spanish rule, thanks largely to U.S. intervention in 1898 after the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor. An 1899 treaty made Cuba an independent republic under U.S. protection. The U.S. occupation, which ended in 1902, suppressed yellow fever and brought large American investments. The 1901 Platt Amendment allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuba's affairs, which it did four times from 1906 to 1920. Cuba terminated the amendment in 1934. In 1933, a group of army officers, including army sergeant Fulgencio Batista, overthrew President Gerardo Machado. Batista became president in 1940, running a corrupt police state. In 1956, Fidel Castro Ruz launched a revolution from his camp in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Castro's brother Raul and Ernesto (Ché) Guevara, an Argentine physician, were his top lieutenants. Many anti-Batista landowners supported the rebels. The U.S. ended military aid to Cuba in 1958, and on New Year's Day 1959, Batista fled into exile and Castro took over the government.

--Cuba, under the communism...--
Communism in Cuba, the Communist Party of Cuba is the ruling political party in the Republic of Cuba. The original Communist Party was formed in 1920, in April 1960, Fidel Castro proclaimed Cuba a Socialist State and the Communist Party the leading force on the island. In its ideology the Communist Party of Cuba is a strict follower of the Marx-Lenin ideology. The idea of socialism is deeply penetrated in the Cuban society and dominates the economy, army, social structures and the daily life in Cuba.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Cuba's Government...--
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;">Cuba is a communism country. Their first leader is Castro.He was The first communist leader. Cuba has been a communist country for almost 50 years. Cuba is a communist country because, Fidel Castro declared Cuba as a communist country .The government has all of the owner of property.The government spreads money equally to the citizens.All the profit goes to the state.Some people aren't allowed to even leave the country!!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Who is the leader of Cuba?--
The leader of Cuba is Raul Castro. He is born on 03rd of June 1931. He was elected on the 24th February 2008. His full name is Raul Modesto Castro Ruz. Castro married with Vilma Espin and had a daughter. His daughter's name is Mariela Castro. Actually, all together, he had 4 childrens. He was preceeded by Fidel Castro.



<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--How does the flag of Cuba look like?--
In the flag of Cuba, there is a red triangle at the left side. In the red triangle there is a white star. The rest of the flag is striped. The stripe has white and blue color. There are 3 blue stripes and 2 white stripes. Here is the picture of it below...

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What is the currency of Cuba?-- <span style="color: #730080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
The currency of Cuba is called the Cuban Peso. There are statues drawn in each paper peso. There are 7 types of the paper peso. It is in 1,3,5,10,20,50,100. There are many types of coins too!

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--Where is Cuba?--
Cuba is in Caribbean, about 90 miles south<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> of Florida. It is an island. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">This is how Cuba's land look like?...^^

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What is the capital of Cuba?--
The capital of Cuba is Havana.Havana is one of the 15 provinces of Cuba. It is the largest city in Cuba and second largest in Caribbean. Havana lies on the northern coast of Cuba. Havana is also spoke like Habana.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What is the cultural traits of Cuba?--
<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">The culture of Cuba is a complex mixture of different, often contrasting, factors and influences. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">This is the cultural traits of Cuba. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--How to sing the national anthem of Cuba?--
This is how you sing them...

Al combate, corred, Bayameses!, Que la patria os contempla orgullosa; No temáis una muerte gloriosa, Que morir por la patria es vivir. En cadenas vivir es vivir En afrenta y oprobio sumido, Del clarín escuchad el sonido; ¡A las armas, valientes, corred!

This is when you translate it in English...

Hasten to battle, men of Bayamo! The motherland looks proudly to you; Do not fear a glorious death, Because to die for the motherland is to live. To live in chains is to live In dishonour and ignominy, Hear the clarion's call; Hasten, brave ones, to battle!

Look at youtube below. You can also sing along...

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<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What is the national animal of Cuba?--
The national animal of Cuba is the Tocororo bird. This is how the bird looks like...

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What language do they speak?--
The main language they speak is Spanish. English, French, and Russian are also spoken.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--What is the traditional clothes of Cuba?--
The traditional clothes of Cuba is called the Guayabera dress, which is for girls. Although boys' guayabera is more famous than girls'. The traditional clothes for women looks like this...

And for men...

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The following will be the glogs our group has made individually...
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is my glog^^- Ji Ae G5

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Here is my Glog-Saran

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These are our essays we wrote about the 5 communist countries...
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Communism is not fair! <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><Getting to know which countries are communist and what communism is…>

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Have you ever thought of the word ‘communism’? Or, have you ever been to a communist country? The word ‘Communism’ means when the leader does everything equally for the citizens. For example, the leader has all the money and gives all the citizens equally. There are 5 communist countries. Do you know them? The countries are Chins, Laos, North Korea and Cuba. Oh… there is one more left which is Vietnam! By the way, did you know that Russia was the first communist country? Now Russia is not a communist country. There were more than 20 communist countries in few years ago but it ended up by 5 countries. There barely aren’t any communist countries! Let’s move on to China!

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">China, didn’t you always thought that China live peacefully? They don’t always live very peacefully because they are also part of a communist country. As you’ve already recognized, China is a communist country. China was a communist since the year of 1949. Mao Zedong, the first leader of China decided that China will be a communist country. Actually, Mao Zedong was elected because he promised to give equality and rights to people in the country. Can you imagine the whole China is a communist? Wow!

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Next, I will tell you how amazing is Laos. Lao People’s Democratic Republic is the full name of Laos. Laos has its own distinct culture. The bordering countries, do you know them? The bordering countries are Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar), China, and lastly, Thailand! Wow, there are 2 countries bordering Laos that are communist. Also, Laos is one of the very few countries where communism is still prevalent. Lastly, the cultural traits of Laos have a lot of kinds. They have their own dance, clothes they wear in celebration, and all those cultural traits.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Now, I’ll make you go into a mysterious and deep emotional story…Hehe. Vietnam, Vietnam, The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam. The flag of Vietnam is just as simple as Japan flag. In the flag of Japan, there is a red circle in a white background but in Vietnam’s flag, there is a yellow, 5 pointed star in a red background. The leader of Vietnam is Nguyen Minh Triet. Vietnam became a communist country and the reason is because, the North Vietnam and the South of Vietnam had a war. China was supporting the North of Vietnam and United States was supporting the South of Vietnam. Then, the North Vietnam won. As China was a communist, they decided the Vietnam will also be a communist. So since then, Vietnam was a communist country. Vietnam’s first civilizations arose in the red river valley 5,000 years ago!

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Do you know who Marx is? His full name is Karl Heinrich Marx. He is famous because he described the 10 planks. The planks are like rules and direction or laws. Do you know Barak Obama? He is the president of the United States. He uses the 10 planks that Karl Heinrich Marx described. Do you know the secret polices? Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy to protect the power. The 10 planks are hard to remember. Though, they are very important.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Let’s go back to communism in Cuba. Cuba is actually an island in Caribbean. It is located between North America and South America. First of all, Cuba is still a communist country for almost 50 years. Fidel Castro was the first leader of Cuba. Preceded by him, Raul Castro is the present leader as well as the second leader of Cuba. Raul Castro was elected in the year, 2008. The capital city of Cuba is Havana. The flag of Cuba is striped as blue and white color. There are 3 blue stripes and 2 white stripes. But in the left side, there is an equilateral triangle shape which has 5 pointed star and the triangle is red.

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Wow! North Korea is nice but they live poor. The full name of North Korea is the ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The capital city of North Korea is Pyong Yang. The country is located in the Eastern Asia. The reason you might want to help North Korea from communism is, the leader kills people. He kills people just because they don’t vote for them or many other reasons. Plus, North Korea lives very poor. Now, I can understand that being a communist citizen is so hard!

<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Well, now you should understand what is communism. Do you know what the symbol of communism stands for? Before that, in the communist sign, there is a yellow hammer and sickle in a fully red background. The hammer stands for the socialist union. The sickle stands for the farmers. Imagine you in a communist country and trying to escape from the country and you always can’t get out. I don’t think communism is fair. But it is fun to learn about this topic. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">Written by Ji Ae G5