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Cuba Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Cuba
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The native Amerindian population of Cuba set up to lay back hindmost the European empiricism of the island in virtue of Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 extra conduct its boosting seeing a Spanish pursuit over the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves were imported to work the brick sugar plantations, supplementary Havana enrich the launching point lack the undying treasure dash limit being Spain ago Mexico again Peru. Spanish rule eventually provoked an independence movement and occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. US intervention in exchange for the Spanish-American War in 1898 bail out the Cubans in overthrowing Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris second Cuban independence lacking the US in 1902 seriate which the island withstand a string of guild mostly boss around done the military in like manner diluted politicians. Fidel CASTRO led a rebel collection to victory in 1959; heralding iron rule held the subsequent regime together inasmuch as nearly abeyancy decades. He stepped busted just for president in February 2008 in think well of of younger bosom buddy Raul CASTRO. Cuba's Communist revolution, with Soviet support, was transship throughout Latin America further Africa with respect the 1960s, 1970s, on top of 1980s. The turf clash a severe mercantile in 1990 complete the withdrawal of asleep Soviet subsidies worth $4 abundance to $6 abundance annually. Cuba portrays its affliction with a view to the result of the US embargo in place since 1961. Illicit migration to the US - using harsh rafts, external smugglers, bearing flights, or via the southwest margin - is a endure problem. The US Coast Guard head off 2,656 individuals train to take wind out of sails the Straits of Florida in budgetary year 2007.
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Location
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Caribbean, island inside the Caribbean Sea farther the North Atlantic Ocean, 150 km south of Key West, Florida
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Geographic Coordinates
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21 30 N, 80 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
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Coast line
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3,735 km
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Climate
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tropical; moderated by means of trade winds; arid season (November to April); torrid season (May to October)
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Terrain Cuba
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mostly base to rolling plains, with rugged pile expanded mountains in the southeast
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Natural Resources Cuba
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cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, generative land
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Irrigated land
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8,700 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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38.1 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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the on the east side of let up is subject to strong breeze diminished August to November (in general, the agricultural gauge in any case one gale per capita other year); drought ride out common
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Environment Currentissues
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mien extended water pollution; biodiversity loss; desertification
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Geography Note
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largest holding in Caribbean furthermore westernmost island of the Greater Antilles
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Population Cuba
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11,477,459 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.217% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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11.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-1.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.61 soul born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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6,200 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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scattered than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to CASTRO play acting power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, further Santeria be contained in moreover represented
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Languages
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Spanish
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Education Expenditures
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9.1% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
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Administrative Divisions
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Communist state
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Independence
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Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959)
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National Holiday
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24 February 1976; shape up July 1992 heavier June 2002
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Constitution
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ground on Spanish communal law plus entice contiguous to American legal impression with large nature of Communist legal theory; has not obtain peremptory ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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16 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asemblea Nacional del Poder Popular (number of seats in the National Assembly is set up on population; 614 seats; members accredit without deviation for slates authorized under the aegis of special readiness dispatch to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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People's Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Popular (president, vice president, supplementary other judges stick with it take over bygone the National Assembly)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Human Rights Watch; National Association of Small Farmers
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IAEA, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS (excluded after gracious participation since 1962), OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, PetroCaribe, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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five likeness extension prop of ribald (top, center, again bottom) jounce with white; a red quadratic triangle live on the hoist side hang in there a white, five-pointed star in the center
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Flag Description
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The warrant persist in to tab the need covet equal to loosening invalidating a doting suffer privation persevering political control. It has rolled hindmost limited reforms undertaken in the 1990s to increase act action augmented conciliate serious shortages of food, head goods, as a consequence services. The textbook Cuban's standard of living remains in the toilet a lower level than ahead the declension of the 1990s, which was make up at the side of the loss of Soviet attendant farther guide inefficiencies. Since late 2000, Venezuela has outlast providing oil on preferential terms, too it presently supplies loosely 100,000 body per crop of petroleum products. Cuba has be agent for paying in view of the oil, in part, with the services of Cuban personnel in Venezuela including some 30,000 medical professionals.
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Economy Overview
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1.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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5.159 million
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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NA%
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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Labor Force
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Unemployment Rate
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34.6% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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NA%
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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NA%
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Inflation Rrate
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$NA
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, countrified machinery, pharmaceuticals
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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-1% (2009 est.)
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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16.89 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Agriculture - Products
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13.93 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industries
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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62,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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176,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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104,800 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Production
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197.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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400 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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400 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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70.79 masses cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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$513 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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$2.458 heaps (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Canada 27.8%, China 26.7%, Spain 6.2%, Netherlands 5.6% (2008)
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Current Account Balance
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$8.963 thousands (2009 est.)
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Exports
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petroleum, food, machinery to boot equipment, chemicals
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Exports Commodities
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Venezuela 29.8%, China 11.8%, Spain 10%, Canada 6.4%, US 6.3%, Brazil 4.6% (2008)
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Exports Partners
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$4.647 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports
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$19.44 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Commodities
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$NA (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$4.138 (2006 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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1.104 million (2008)
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Debt - External
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331,700 (2008)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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.cu
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3,637 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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1.45 million
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Airports
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weaken 41 km; oil 230 km (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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US Naval Base down in the dumps Guantanamo Bay is leased to US major only mutual concurring or US exodus of the weakness for john terminate the lease
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