Similarities Between Cubans And America

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Have you ever thought Cubans had the same life style as us Americans? Well that is not exactly true. There are many similarities and differences between Cubans and Americans. We were given many amounts of information and we were also told to find the many differences and similarities of Cubans and Americans. Cuba has many differences between America. This is because as shown on (http://country-facts.findthedata.com/compare/1-18/United-States-vs-Cuba) Cuba has a 3.3 chance of an unemployment rate, while as the United States has a 6.2 chance of an unemployment rate. Another reason Cuba has many differences between America is that the CPI based inflation rate for America is 0.12%, while as Cuba has no CPI based inflation rate, as shown from

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