Economy and ethnicity

Economy: it is based on the agricultural activity, the tourism, the mining, and the industry; Its main exports are sugar, coffee, tobacco, pharmaceutical products and professionals specialized in medicine, computer science, agricultural sciences, and biotechnology.

Ethnicity:

White people in Cuba can be traced by their ancestry to massive migrations from Spain in the 18th Century to Cuba, where nowadays they mainly constitute the upper-class in the racially divided country.

Black people, on the other hand, can be traced back to the sub-Saharan region. Most of them are settled on the eastern parts of the island, and Havana has the highest number of black population. Nowadays, black migrant waves from Angola, Jamaica, and Haiti are still reported.

References:

Cuba Agricultural Trade Issues. (2017, 10 enero). Recuperado marzo, 2019, de https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2017/01/cuba-agricultural-trade-issues/

Benson, D. S. (2016). Antiracism in Cuba : The Unfinished Revolution. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved from https://udlap.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-ebscohost-com.udlap.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1074890&lang=es&site=eds-live

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María José Olivera: 23 years old, never been to Cuba but I would really enjoy going, I consider myself someone who enjoys adventures and learning about different places is my passion, I study clinical and organizational psychology in Puebla. I was born and raised in Veracruz, México. Paola León Levet: 22 years old. I have never been to Cuba and I’m really interested in traveling there someday. That’s why I’m a person who loves to know about new cultures and traditions. When an unknown place interests me is because I know that has a lot of gastronomy, tourism and the weather is nice. I study nursing in Puebla. Maisara Calderón Bachbush I study hotels and restaurants in Puebla, I love to cook and travel to taste different flavors and to know people, I am shy to talk in public, and I was born in Mexico City, I am interested to travel to Cuba because I have tried their food and a friend that already went told me that was a really interesting place, the people are friendly and...

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