Diario las Américas

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come for Colombia”, he explained.

tries affected by malaria, only the

United States and Chile have been

able to completely eradicate the

disease.

Intensive eradication programs

are underway now in the following

countries: Mexico, Argentina, Bra

zil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatema

la, Haiti, Honduras, Dominican Re

public and Venezuela.

“Malaria control” programs are

also operating in Nicaragua, Pa-

Know thy

Neighbor

By ANTONIO RUIZ

CUBA Each one of the six

provinces into which the Republic

of Cuba is divided extends clear

across the island from north to

south and has a good size capital,

as well as one or more good ports

on one or both coasts. The Cen

tral Highway, which runs almost

the entire length of the island,

connects all the provincial capitals

and also many smaller towns. With

its many coastal coves, Cuba has

earned the name of “Island of the

Hundred Harbors,” and of these at

least fifty are of some commercial

importance. Nearly every one of

them is connected with an import

ant town several miles inland, the

reason for this Curious type of

development going back to con

ditions that prevailed in early days

of Cuban settlement and exploita

tion.

Transportation by land in those

times was both costly and difficult,

so each large town that was the

focal point of an agricultural or

mining district had its own sea

port. The urban center itself was

built at some distance inland as a

protection from raid by the pirates

who infested Caribbean waters

during the 16th and 17th centuries,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-05-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-05-24/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-05-24.