Cuba

Some random facts about Cuba
HIV/AIDS - deaths:	less than 200 (2003 est.)
Internet country code:	.cu
National holiday:	Triumph of the Revolution, 1 January (1959)
Oil - proved reserves:	259 million bbl (2006 est.)
Telephone system:	general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; wireless service is expensive and remains restricted to foreigners and regime elites, many Cubans procure wireless service illegally with the help of foreigners domestic: national fiber-optic system under development; 85% of switches digitized by end of 2004; telephone line density remains low, at less than 10 per 100 inhabitants; domestic cellular service expanding international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)