Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Cuba or República de Cuba, IPA: [re'puβlika ðe ˈkuβa]), consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and adjacent small islands. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is south of the eastern United States and the Bahamas, west of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Haiti and east of Mexico. The Cayman Islands and Jamaica are to the south. Read more at Wikipedia


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Varadero golf club currently has the only 18-hole course in Cuba - Published on 2013-05-18 13:11:00 by BBC News

Varadero golf club currently has the only 18-hole course in Cuba

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Brian Wilson says his links with Cuba helped secure the deal. Picture: Ian Rutherford - Published on 2013-05-17 11:37:00 by The Scotsman

Brian Wilson says his links with Cuba helped secure the deal. Picture: Ian Rutherford

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A detainee is escorted by U.S. Navy guards in Camp Four, the facility containing the

A detainee is escorted by U.S. Navy guards in Camp Four, the facility containing the "most compliant" detainees, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Reuters / Joe Skipper)

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US Army guards man the guard tower overlooking Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards) - Published on 2013-05-16 00:28:00 by Russia Today

US Army guards man the guard tower overlooking Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards)

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In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo detainee speaks with guards inside the Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba (Reuters / Brennan Linsley) - Published on 2013-05-16 00:01:00 by Russia Today

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a Guantanamo detainee speaks with guards inside the Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba (Reuters / Brennan Linsley)

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Canadian Network on Cuba

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A US Marine manning an observation tower surveys the outside of Camp X-Ray where 110 Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees are being currently held by US authorities at the US Guantanamo US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 17 January 2002.(AFP Photo) - Published on 2013-05-14 22:35:00 by Russia Today

A US Marine manning an observation tower surveys the outside of Camp X-Ray where 110 Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees are being currently held by US authorities at the US Guantanamo US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 17 January 2002.(AFP Photo)

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An image reviewed by the U.S. military shows a U.S. flag flying above a razorwire-topped fence at the Camp Six detention facility December 10, 2008 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Mandel Ngan-Pool, Getty Images) - Published on 2013-05-14 16:44:00 by WETM 18 - NY

An image reviewed by the U.S. military shows a U.S. flag flying above a razorwire-topped fence at the Camp Six detention facility December 10, 2008 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Mandel Ngan-Pool, Getty Images)

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              FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2011, file photo human rights activists, hooded and wearing orange prison garb to represent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington because the prison has not been closed down by President Obama. Guantanamo Bay detainee Musa'ab Omar A Madhwani says in a federal court declaration he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
            
                   - Published on 2013-05-14 03:41:00 by Boston.com

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2011, file photo human rights activists, hooded and wearing orange prison garb to represent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington because the prison has not been closed down by President Obama. Guantanamo Bay detainee Musa'ab Omar A Madhwani says in a federal court declaration he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Overnight medical stay area inside the Joint Medical Group where the detainees receive medical care, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 10, 2013. (Image from publicintelligence.net / photo By Army Sgt. Brian Godette) - Published on 2013-05-13 15:34:00 by Russia Today

Overnight medical stay area inside the Joint Medical Group where the detainees receive medical care, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 10, 2013. (Image from publicintelligence.net / photo By Army Sgt. Brian Godette)

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