Feb 15, 2006; Havana, CUBA; A Havana bus, called 'El Camello', the Camel were introduced as cheap transport. The Republic of Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean and south of the United States. The first European to visit Cuba was explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. Centuries of colonial rule and revolutions followed. Batista was deposed by Fidel Castro and Che guevara in 1953. After the revolution trade with comminist Russia grew. The economy was hit hard in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Cuba currently trades with almost every nation in the world, albeit with r

• Contributor: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: M1FP66
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• Dimensions: 3750 x 2812 px | 31.8 x 23.8 cm | 12.5 x 9.4 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 15 February 2006
• Photographer: ZUMA Press

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Feb 15, 2006; Havana, CUBA; A Havana bus, called 'El Camello', the Camel were introduced as cheap transport. The Republic of Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean and south of the United States. The first European to visit Cuba was explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492. Centuries of colonial rule and revolutions followed. Batista was deposed by Fidel Castro and Che guevara in 1953. After the revolution trade with comminist Russia grew. The economy was hit hard in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Cuba currently trades with almost every nation in the world, albeit with restrictions from the U.S. embargo. Trade with the USA is restricted to cash-only transactions for food and medicine. Historically, sugar, tobacco and nickel were the main sources of foreign trade income for Cuba, but in the 1990s tourism saw an explosive growth (Credit Image: © Ruaridh Stewart/ZUMAPRESS.com)