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Cuba

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• Government Portal

• Archives of Fidel Castro's Speeches: 1959-2007 (in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, German, and Arabic)
• Banco Central de Cuba
• Communist Party of Cuba (in Spanish only)
• Constitution of Cuba (in Spanish only)
• Cuban National News Agency
• Granma: Official Communist Party Newspaper
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• National Assembly of the People's Power (in Spanish only)
• National Statistical Office (in Spanish only)

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Country Profiles

• BBC News Profile - Cuba
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Cuba
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Cuba
  This page from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has information on economic and agricultural issues. It also has a good selection of maps.
• Human Development Report on Cuba
  Provides quick statistics on human development, economy, labor force, and population from the United Nations Development Programme. Country factsheet is also available.
• Human Rights Watch - Cuba
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• IAEA - Cuba
  Country factsheet on multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• IEA - Cuba
  Country information, energy-related statistics, graphs and publications from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
• ITC - Cuba
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Cuba
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• OHCHR - Cuba
  Country background, treaties, reporting status, calendar of events and publications related to human rights from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR).
• UNESCO Worldwide - Cuba
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Cuba
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Cuba
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Cuba
    A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
  • UNESCO Office Havana
    Cluster Office representing UNESCO in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Aruba.
  • UNESCO World Heritage - Cuba
    Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
    
• UNFPA Country Profile - Cuba
  "The United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA) supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect."
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Cuba
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Country @ a Glance - Cuba
  Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Cuba
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Cuba
  "Statistics database contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world."
• U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics - Cuba
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Cuba.

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Articles and Databases

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Cuba" as the search term.
  • National Intelligence Council (NIC) Declassified Documents
    Database of intelligence reports, National Intelligence Estimates, and other publications produced by the National Intelligence Council or its predecessor organizations, the Office of National Estimates and the Office of Reports and Estimates since 1946.
• CRS Reports - LexisNexis Congressional CU
  The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "Cuba" as the search term.
• Declassified Documents Reference System CU
  Search this database to find declassified documents related to Cuba.
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
  Department of Defense Scientific and Technical Reports Collection provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports (TR) Database, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. The site also includes databases that focus on individual topics.
• Digital National Security Archive CU
  Database of primary declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 CU This database has gathered material from the U.S. government and written essays on the relationship between Cuba and the United States.
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited: An International Collection of Documents, From the Bay of Pigs to the Brink of Nuclear War CU This database has gathered material from the U.S. government and written essays on the relationship between Cuba and the United States.
• Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
  An integrated database containing information on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and weapons.
• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
  "Public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations."
• International Area Studies General CU
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Latin America CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Latin America.
• International Area Studies Statistics CU
  Collection of international statistics databases from the University of Colorado.
• LexisNexis Academic Country & Region Reports CU
  News, country briefings, and country risk guides. Filter by country or choose "Country & Region Reports" from publication type.
• PAHO/WHO Databases
  Regional Core Health Data Initiative Table Generator System from the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization. Provides national health statistics and other data on the health situation in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South American countries.
• UNdata
  UNdata provides a single entry point allowing users to search and download numerous statistical resources of the United Nations System.
• WDI Online CU
  World Development Indicators (WDI) online contains statistical data on the global economy from the World Bank.

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Diplomatic Relations
Diplomacy, Programs and Aid

• Delegation of the European Commission in Cuba (in Spanish)
  The Delegations of the External Service serve European Union interests throughout the world.
• G-77 at the United Nations
  The Group of 77 is an intergovernmental organization of developing states in the UN. It provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development. There are now 130 member states (including Cuba), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
• Interests Section of Cuba in Washington, DC (in Spanish only)
  Diplomatic representation of Cuba in the United States.
• Interests Section of the United States in Havana, Cuba
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Cuba.
• Organization of American States - Cuba
  "The OAS brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and the world. The OAS is the region's principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption." Cuba remains a member, but its government has been excluded from participation in the OAS since 1962.
• Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations
  Website of member state missions and their representatives to the United Nations.
• ReliefWeb - Cuba
  ReliefWeb, administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news, documents, maps, and background information on emergency assistance by country.
• UNHCR - Cuba
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Nations Development Programme Cuba (in Spanish only)
  UNDP helps countries work toward human rights, democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environment for sustainable development, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Cuba
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
• USAID - Cuba
  United States Agency for International Development (USAID) economic and humanitarian assistance programs.
• U.S. Department of State - Cuba
  U.S.-Cuban relations, humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and country background notes.
• World Food Program - Cuba
  The World Food Program (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.
• World Trade Organization - Cuba
  Provides key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for member countries.

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Health

• PAHO/WHO
  Official site of the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.� �
  • Country Health Profile - Cuba
    Information, health situation analysis, and statistics about countries in the Americas.
• UNAIDS - Cuba
  Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
• World Health Organization - Cuba
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Cuba.

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

• Cuba Military Guide
  Maps, agencies, military branches, nuclear capability, news, and references from GlobalSecurity.org.
• NTI - Cuba Profile
  Nuclear, biological, chemical and missile development programs, policies and activities from the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). NTI is non-profit organization with a mission to strengthen global security and fulfill the Non-Proliferation Treaty’s goals and ambitions. NTI's members are from the United States, Russia, Japan, India, Pakistan, China, Jordan, Sweden, France and the United Kingdom.

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on Cuba available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook, the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  cuba and econom*	cuba and econom*
  cuba and histor*	cuba and histor*
  cuba and politic*	cuba and politic*
  cuba (government publications only)	cuba (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

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