Ngaphambi kwenguquko kaFidel Castro, iCuba yayinobudlelwane obusondeleyo ne-United States. Ubudlelwane obubuyela kumaxesha e-Independence yaseCuba ukusuka eSpain, iphulo apho ilizwe lasentla lisebenzisene ngokuzimisela. Ngexesha loThintelo, xa utywala bungavumelekanga ukuba buthengiswe eUnited States, kwakuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba abantu bawele ulwandle bayonxila baze bangcakaze kwiindawo zokungcakaza zaseHavana.
Kodwa ngenye imini kwafika uCastro, wamkhuphela ngaphandle uzwilakhe uBatista, waseka ilizwe elitsha. Kude kube kusekwe ubudlelwane kunye neSoviet Union, ikamva leCuba elitsha lalingaqinisekanga, kodwa nje ukuba idityaniswe namanye amandla kwiplanethi, yahlala iseluxolweni. Ukususela ngelo xesha lenkathazo izitrato zizele ngamangqina: Iimoto zaseMelika kunye neemoto zaseRussia intabalala. Kodwa eyona intle ngokungathandabuzekiyo yeyokuqala. Namhlanje yenye yeeposikhadi eziqhelekileyo eCuba: iimoto ezindala zaseHavana.
Iimoto zakudala, nangona zisentsusa, ukuze zisinde kubungozi boluntu lwaseCuba, namhlanje zineenxalenye ezivela kwezinye iimoto okanye izinto zabanini bazo ezithe zasebenza ukwandisa ubomi babo. Kwaye uninzi lwazo lufezekisile okungakabikho eCuba: umanyano lwongxowankulu nobukomanisi. Ngaba ezinye iimoto zinamacandelo oomatshini baseRussia. I «iipateni zepatent», amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, Amacwecwe elayisensi yaseCuba, njengoko ukhetha ukubaxelela, banemibala eyahlukeneyo:
- tyheli: zezabucala
- Mhlophe: ngabaphathiswa bakarhulumente
- abamnyama: zezababameli.
- bomvu: ziimoto eziqashisayo
- luhlaza: zizithuthi zikarhulumente
- bomvu mnyama: ziimoto zabakhenkethi
- luhlaza: ziimoto zomkhosi
- iiorenji: ziimoto zeecawe okanye iinkampani zangaphandle.
Olunye ulwazi-iimoto zakudala eCuba
Umthombo kunye nefoto-Ndwendwela iCuba