FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
This situation was exacerbated by the influx of dollars into the Cuba during the 1990's, potentially creating a dual economy based on the dollar (the currency of tourists) on the one hand, and the peso on the other.
This park is claimed to be a successful experiment of Cuba’s economy, as it was able to create first world standard biotechnology institutions, with several patented drugs and a net annual income of some hundred million US dollars.
Cuba, with the second-highest per capita number of physicians in the world (behind Italy), sends tens of thousands of doctors to other countries as aid, as well as for obtaining favorable economic terms of trade.
The nickel mines located in northeastern Cuba are the most important reserves, along with deposits of chromium, copper, iron, and manganese.
Cuba’s geographical expanse and the varieties of mountain ranges, savannas, caves, swamps, beaches, and tropical rain forests produce microclimates, small regions that exhibit differing temperatures, rainfalls, soil conditions, wildlife, and vegetation.
The official language of Cuba is Spanish, but immigration has left pockets of Haitians and Jamaicans in Cuba who speak French-based and English-based creoles (hybrid languages created by the mixture of European and African languages).
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