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Political environment

Type: Totalitarian communist state; current government assumed power by force on January 1, 1959.

Independence: May 20, 1902.

Political party: Cuban Communist Party (PCC); only one party allowed.

Administrative subdivisions: 14 provinces, including the city of Havana, and one special municipality (Isle of Youth).

Economic Structure

The Cuban Government continues to adhere to socialist principles in organizing its state-controlled economy. Most of the means of production are owned and run by the government and, according to Cuban Government statistics, about 83% of the labor force is employed by the state. An additional 5% of the labor force is employed by cooperatives closely connected with the state. Only 12% of the labor force works in the private sector, including private farmers, artists, and 142,000 self-employed ("cuentapropistas"), representing less than 3% of the entire workforce. More than 60% of the workforce is employed in non-productive sectors.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/article/Cuba/Cuban-Traditional-Clothes/1024

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%

industry: 22.8%

services: 73.3%

http://www.indexmundi.com/cuba/gdp_composition_by_sector.html

Legal Enviroment

10.  Never buy Cuban cigars off the streets no matter what kind of deal it is. I personally didn’t buy any but the moment you spark some interest in them they immediately hound you follow you until they can’t follow you no longer.

9. When eating dinner at a casa particular (budget private home B&B), don’t order any drinks like water or juice because you have to pay for it. So bring your own drinks! Sounds silly but trust me.

8. There’s no point showing up early to buy your bus ticket. Don’t worry when the ticket lady says it’s “full” because chances are there are tons of spaces. The reason they say that is because they let people who made reservations onto the bus first and then the normal people later. I think it’s pretty stupid...