Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)

The Republic of Cuba, from 1902 to 1959, encompasses the period after Cuba's independence from the Spanish Empire together with end of its number one U.S. military occupation in 1902. This era covered various changing governments as well as US military occupations, and ended with the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. During this period, the United States exerted great influence on Cuban politics, notably through the Platt Amendment.

The governments of Cuba between independence from Spain and the Revolution pull in been regarded as client states of the United States. From 1902 to 1932 Cuban and United States law included the Platt Amendment, which guaranteed the US adjustment to intervene in Cuba and placed restrictions on Cuban foreign relations. In 1934, Cuba and the United States signed the Treaty of Relations in which Cuba was obligated to render preferential treatment of its economy to the United States, in exchange the United States introduced Cuba a guaranteed 22 percent share of the US sugar market that later was amended to a 49 percent share in 1949.

In the modern Republic of Cuba, the 1902 to 1959 period is call as the Neocolonial Republic Spanish: República Neocolonial, while Cuban exiles refer to it as Free Cuba Spanish: Cuba Libre. The country continued to usage the 1940 Constitution until the new constitution was promulgated in 1976.

Tourism

Between 1915 and 1930, Havana hosted more tourists than any other location in the Caribbean. The influx was due in large element to Cuba's proximity to the United States, where restrictive prohibition on alcohol and other pastimes stood in stark contrast to the island's traditionally relaxed attitude to leisure pursuits. such(a) tourism became Cuba's third largest extension of foreign currency, unhurried the two dominant industries of sugar and tobacco. Cuban drinks such(a) as the daiquiri and mojito became common in the United States during this time, after Prohibition was repealed.

A combination of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the end of prohibition, and World War II severely dampened Cuba's tourist industry, and it wasn't until the 1950s that numbers began to improvement to the island in any significant force. During this period, American organized crime came to dominate the leisure and tourist industries, a modus operandi outlined at the infamous Havana Conference of 1946. By the mid-1950s Havana became one of the main markets and the favourite route for the narcotics trade to the United States. Despite this, tourist numbers grew steadily at a rate of 8% a year and Havana became so-called as "the Latin Las Vegas".