It is common for parents and children to live very tightly packed in small apartments. (Wordiq, "Culture, 2004) the fact that there is so little housing in urban centers means that the government is unwilling as well as perhaps unable to release statistics about how densely populated the nation's urban areas are per square mile. Cubans are found of music and sport, and the national fondness for baseball underlines the still-close cultural connection between Cuba and the United States, despite Castro's best efforts to sever it. (AOL "Destination Guides: Cuba") the persistence of Santeria and other indigenous religious traditions likewise underlines the impossibility of entirely erasing religion from the national consciousness. (AOL "Destination Guides: Cuba -- History") Music has enabled the government's half-hearted efforts to resurrect the extinct tourist trade to bring in some currency and infuse the local economy with some life, as music forms the "pulsing backdrop to virtually all entertainment in Cuba, and remains popular around the world." ((AOL "Destination Guides: Cuba -- Music") However, because of the...
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