CUBA & PERUThe working poorSimilarities and differencesJoshua Tabron & Mari Kajihara

Introduction The following Power Point briefly details

the similarities and differences between Cuba and Peru. Each country has some things in common and others that parallel. It is our goal to enrich your knowledge of these two countries so that you might gain a better understanding of them.

Population/ Demographics Cuba

11.25 million Afro-Cubans Mestizos Whites

Peru 29.4 million Afro-Peruvians Mestizos Amerindians (indigenous people) Asians Whites

Poverty Cuba

There are no official statistics on poverty in Cuba published inside the country due to anit-western and anti-American sentiments felt in the country under it’s 1 party dictatorship.

Everyone is employed, however the wages are very low by western standards on average Cuban workers make about $20 a month which equals out to about $240 a year with a per capita income of $6,000.

Peru Poverty showed the small decrease while economy was

improving. Hernando de Soto promoted more than 187 laws for Peruvians in poverty to economic opportunities.

Peru showed the biggest declines in poverty in Latin America in 2011.

inequality Cuba

Goods and services only available to Cubans who have enough money to pay for them in the form of American dollars

Tourism resulted in economic apartheid because of low pay to tourism workers and the extravagant costs in connection with tourism

Income inequality after the legalization of the dollar and it’s worth gap with the peso created a parallel economy

Travel to other countries is often restricted especially for poorer Cubans Lowest access to internet relative to other Latin American nations Afro-Cubans and Mestizos are generally less affluent than they are to their

white Cuban counterparts in areas of employment moonlighting and less professional positions in the workforce

Peru Although Peru showed the greatest declines in poverty, inequality is still the

problem. They are regarding with infrastructure, genders, ethnicities, education, and

places they live in. The women in Peru at workplace suffer from inequalities and discrimination

because Peru failed to appraise jobs based upon the task they involve. It leads to the fail of getting rid of gender equality.

Children in the ritual highlands are poorer, and tend not to finish their secondary school compared to the children in the cities such as Lima(capital).

Crime

Cuba Sex Trafficking of woman and children Forced labor Drug Trading Violent crime in Cuba is very low because of the kind of

government, it actually has the lowest crime rate in the western hemisphere

Peru Sex Trafficking Drug Trading The illegal gold-mining industry Although the total earnings of organized crime increased

to $5-7 billion a year, it has a few violence involved. So it does not effect on people directly.

Living conditions Cuba

Free health care Free education Universal employment Living conditions have become increasingly difficult though Deteriorating medical care system Shortages of food and access to clean water Decline in services offered by the state Deteriorating transportation system Housing shortage Most living areas are in poor condition

Peru Peru has the most unequal access to water among the Caribbean, and Latin

America. The third of most unequal countries in the region after Bolivia and Honduras.

Politics/History Cuba

Communist government 1 party dictatorship United states embargo against Cuba Formerly United states protectorate ruled by Batista regime Cuban revolution 1956 started by Castro

Peru recently transitioned to a more democratic open government Under the president of Alejandro Toledo from 2001, strong

economic management and promotion of foreign investments

And Inflation disappeared

Working conditions Cuba

employment is guaranteed but pay is low To help Cuba’s economy the government plans to

trim the size of the workforce which is causing tension between citizens and government

Peru More jobs for people in poverty thanks to the

economy growth. Lot of skilled young people go to abroad rather

than staying in Peru. A lot of unskilled people remain in country. People in indigenous industry lost jobs because of

the recent globalization.

Conclusion By detailing some of the similarities and

differences between Cuba and Peru, we hope that by giving you a visual aid that it helped enhance your learning process. Cuba and Peru are two very different countries from there style of government and history but they both have a lot of things in common from poverty to inequalities that their people face still to this day.