The Holiday Season In Cuba
Over time, Christmas has become more and more important politically in Cuba. Before Fidel Castro took power in 1959, Christmas was celebrated in Cuba the same way it was in the United States and many other countries. Fidel Castro made it against the law for Cubans to celebrate Christmas in any way in 1969.
The Holiday Season In Cuba
The ban on Christmas was put in place to keep people working in the sugar cane fields so that each year’s sugar crop would be bigger. Since the government in Cuba doesn’t believe in God, Christmas is against the law there. On the other hand, Fidel Castro announced in 1997 that Cuba would only celebrate Christmas that one year.
People In Cuba Are Literate
Literacy rates in Cuba are among the highest in the world, with 99% of the population being able to read and write.
People In Cuba Are Literate
Under Fidel Castro, the Cuban government declared 1961 the “Year of Education” and sent “literacy brigades” into rural areas to build schools, train new teachers, and teach most of the peasants who couldn’t read or write how to do so. UNESCO said that almost everyone in Cuba over the age of 15 could read and write.
