Cuba's official language is Spanish. Traditional Cuban cuisine features rice, beans, tropical fruits, and seasoned meats. Music has an upbeat Latin style. Life expectancy is 78.8 years with a 99.8% literacy rate and 8.2% unemployment. However, Cuba has struggled with poverty for over 50 years and health issues like bed bugs and yellow fever due to lack of modern medical technologies.

1. Cuba
By: Lauren Orheim and Klaire Ledger

2. Language
• Spanish is their Language

3. Food
• Their foods are rice, beans, cassava, cilantro,
bell peppers, chick peas, tomatoes, sweet
potatoes, coconut, burned chicken, sweet
potato fries, various fruits and while seasoned
poultry.

4. Music
• It is upbeat, Latin Music

5. Rates
• Life Expectancy- 78.8 years
• Literacy Rate- 99.8%
• Unemployment Rate- 8.2%

6. Poverty/Health
• They have been suffering from poverty for
more than 50 years.
• They suffer from bed bugs and yellow fever.
• They don’t have modern medical
technologies.

7. Bibliography
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