Cubans

Middle America and the Caribbeannot assigned
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Contemporary Cubans are descendents of Native Americans (Ciboney and Arawak), Spanish conquerors and administrators, and African slaves. Until the end of the nineteenth century Cuba was a Spanish colony. Cuba had economic and political ties to the United States until the socialist Revolution in 1959. Cubans speak Spanish.

Identifier
Region
  • Middle America and the Caribbean
Subregion
  • Caribbean
Subsistence Type
  • not assigned
Countries
  • Cuba