• Officially the Republic of Cuba, an island country in the Caribbean
• Comprises the main island plus 4,195 smaller islands and cays
• Convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic
• Capital: Havana; Population: around 10 million
• Largest country in the Caribbean by area

• Inhabited since the 4th millennium BC by Guanahatabey and Taíno peoples
• Population mainly descends from Taíno, Spanish settlers, and Africans
• Part of the Spanish Empire until the Spanish-American War of 1898
• Gained independence in 1902; experienced a military-led government following a 1933 coup
• Cuban Revolution in 1959 established communist rule under Fidel Castro

• Cold War tensions heightened during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
• Cuba supported anti-colonial movements from the 1970s to 1980s
• Severe economic downturn in the 1990s post-Soviet Union dissolution
• Raúl Castro succeeded Fidel in 2008; Díaz-Canel became president in 2018

• Socialist state dominated by the Communist Party with an authoritarian government
• Extensive censorship and repression of independent journalism
• Command economy focused on tourism, exports, and skilled labor
• Universal health care system faces challenges; high extreme poverty rates
• U.S. embargo since 1960 continues to impact the economy

Lst of newspapers published in Cuba.