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An island that turned defiance into a national pastime and rum into foreign policy.
means The largest Caribbean island nation, a one-party socialist state famous for cigars, classic cars, and outlasting ten U.S. presidents who wanted it gone.
from Likely from the Taino word Cubao, meaning fertile land or great place, recorded by Columbus in 1492 when he claimed it for Spain.
Frozen fleetEmbargo left 1950s American cars eternally cruising Havana.
Doctor exportsSends more physicians abroad than the G8 combined.
Two currenciesLong ran parallel pesos, baffling tourists and locals alike.
Missile spotlight1962 standoff brought the world closest to nuclear war.