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Country Assessment Of Cuba Brief Research Paper

Cuba has been paying for the oil, in part, with the services of Cuban personnel in Venezuela including some 30,000 medical professionals" (Central Intelligence Agency, 2010). Relevant numeric information:

The income per capita for the average Cuban individual is of $9.700

The GDP composition by sector is of: 4.3 per cent agriculture; 20.9 per cent industry and 74.8 per cent services

The labor force is of 4.968 million and the unemployment rate is of 1.6 per cent

The composition of the labor force by sector: 20 per cent agriculture; 19.4 per cent industry and 60.6 per cent services

The inflation rate is of 4.3 per cent and the public debt accounts for 34.8 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (Central Intelligence Agency, 2010).

6. Military threat

In terms of military threat, Cuba does not manifest any intention of attacking its neighbors or any other global locations. Relative to its military capacities, these register declines due to insufficient funds. Yet, they remain stable and able to defend the country. More specifically, the fall of the Soviet partner led to the weakening of the armed forces; however, the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) still hold on to...

"At present, Cuba does not pose a significant military threat to the U.S. Or to other countries in the region. Cuba has little motivation to engage in military activity beyond defense of its territory and political system. Nonetheless, Cuba has a limited capability to engage in some military and intelligence activities which would be detrimental to U.S. interests and which could pose a danger to U.S. citizens under some circumstances" (Federation of American Scientists, 1997).

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Mayer, E., History of Cuba, Emayzine, http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/HISTOR~7.htm last accessed on May 27, 2010

Swig, J., 2009, Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford University Press U.S.

1997, the Cuban Threat to U.S. National Security, Federation of American Scientists, http://www.fas.org/irp/dia/product/980507-dia-cubarpt.htm last accessed on May 27, 2010

2004, Official Journal of the European Union, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2004:076E:0384:0386:EN:PDF last accessed on May 27, 2010
2010, a Brief History and Overview of Cuba, Hello Cuba, http://www.hellocuba.ca/history.php last accessed on May 27, 2010
2010, the World Factbook -- Cuba, Central Intelligence Agency, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html last accessed on May 27, 2010
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