Country Assessment of Cuba Brief Research Paper

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Since late 2000, Venezuela has been providing oil on preferential terms, and it currently supplies about 100,000 barrels per day of petroleum products. 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).

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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).

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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 residual strength. "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.....

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