CUBA
Dale Cable and Family



Supporting 80 national pastors. Traveling 4 times a year to Cuba to train national pastors and to check on existing works.

Charity Baptist Mission
P.O. Box 692
Bristol, TN 37621-0692
423-878-8131
www.charitybaptistmission.org

Ministries
Bolivia
Cuba

Religion
Nominally 85% Roman Catholic prior to Castro assuming power; Protestants, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, and Santeria are also represented

People/Language/Ethnicity
Language: Spanish (official). Ethnic: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1%. Literacy Rate: 95% of those above 15 years of age.

Overview
Area: 68,885 sq mi. Slightly less than three times the size of Montana. Havana is the capital. Communist state -- based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory. Mostly flat to rolling plains, with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast.

Population: 11,346,670 (July 2005 est.) Growth rate: 0.33% (2005 est.)

Economy
Per capita income $3,000 (2004 est.) Real growth rate: 3% (2004 est.) Inflation: 3.1% (2004 est.) Unemployment: 2.5% (2004 est.) Agricultural products include: sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock; Industries include: petroleum, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals.

Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. The World Factbook 2005.