In terms of natural resources, Cuba has cobalt, nickel, iron ore, chromium, copper, salt, timber, silica, petroleum, and arable land. Within the manufacturing industry, Cuba focuses on petroleum refining, mining, pharmaceuticals, sugar & tobacco processing, construction, steel, cement, and agricultural machinery.

The chief mineral resources produced in Cuba, which aided its economy in 2010, were nickel and cobalt. The mining sector also produces other minerals including cement, feldspar, gypsum, iron ore, lime, limestone, asphalt, bentonite, chromite, zeolite, marble, steel, and sulfuric acid.

Natural resources include cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, salt, timber, silica, oil and petroleum.

Cuba is an important nickel and cobalt producer, ranking sixth in the world in terms of nickel and (fluctuatingly) accounts for 8% of the world’s cobalt production. Unrefined nickel, plus cobalt, is Cuba’s largest export, in some years generating as much as $2 billion in export revenues.

Large nickel and cobalt deposits located in the Moa area are exploited in part by a joint venture with the Canadian company Sherritt International. The extensive mining and nickel processing has large impact on the local environment.

Cuban nickel is considered to be Class II with an average 90 percent nickel content. Cuba’s National Minerals Resource Center reported that the country had around a third of the world’s known nickel reserves.

Cuba’s National Minerals Resource Center says the country has around a third of the world’s known nickel reserves.

Nickel is used in the production of stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys. Cobalt is critical in production of super alloys used for such products as aircraft engines. Cobalt is also used in electric car batteries.

There are 15 provinces and five geographic regions in Cuba. The four western provinces, Pinar del Rio, Ciudad de la Habana, Habana and Matanzas, are in the occidental region. The central region includes Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus.

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Jamaica lies to the south of Cuba, while the Cayman Islands are located to the west. The state of Florida is the closest point in the U.S mainland to the Greater Antilles, while the Florida Keys, though not part of the Greater Antilles, is an island group north of Cuba.

Cuba wins for beaches, culture, and history, while Dominican Republic is great for good food, dinking, and simply relaxing and swimming on a decent beach within a comfortable resort. In Dominican Republic resorts, tourists often get harassed by vendors on the beach, whereas it’s generally not the case in Cuban resorts.

Jamaica shares maritime borders with the Cayman Islands (UK), Colombia, Cuba, and Haiti. Nearby Caribbean island nations are Dominican Republic and Haiti on the island of Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

Jamaica is in the West Indies, which is an archipelago of islands between southeast United States and northern South America. The island is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres, located at latitude 17 degrees North (approximately), and between longitude 77 and 79 degrees West. It is surrounded by the Caribbean sea.

Jamaica is considered to be one of the slowest and most unstable economies in the world, weakened by high debt rates. As for today, Jamaica’s poverty rate has improved, with a 1.7 percent growth of GDP during 2016 and an expected 2 percent for 2017. Many reforms have been instituted to reduce the country’s debt.

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Nigeria has a GDP per capita of $5,900 as of 2017, while in Jamaica, the GDP per capita is $9,200 as of 2017.

Every country has their own laws on whether or not a person can hold citizenship in two or more countries. Jamaica accepts dual nationals. Persons interested in becoming citizens of Jamaica should first check to see if their country allows for dual nationality.

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To apply for U.S. citizenship, you must have physically lived in the United States for at least half of five years (more specifically, 913 days, or roughly 2.5 years) or at least half of three years (more specifically, 548 days, or a little over 1.5 years) if you’re married to a U.S. citizen.

A dual citizen can present a Jamaican passport to immigration authorities when he or she arrives in Jamaica. Many Jamaican-Americans enjoy the freedom of using a Jamaican passport here for extended stays. There are, however, strict rules about traveling with two passports that all dual citizens must follow.