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 |  Subject: Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces  Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:16 am | |
| Cuba devoted nine to 13 percent of its GDP to military expenditures.[109] Castro built up the second largest armed forces in Latin America; only Brazil's were larger.[59] From 1975 until the late 1980s, Soviet military assistance enabled Cuba to upgrade its military capabilities. Since the loss of Soviet subsidies Cuba has scaled down the numbers of military personnel, from 235,000 in 1994 to about 60,000 in 2003.[110] Cuba is secretive about its military spending.[109] The military is considered by some to be the most powerful, influential, and competent official institution in Cuba office window tintingclinical pilates | |
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