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|pop = 11,394,043
|currency = Cuban Peso (CUP) but tourists use the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC)
|hitch = ?{{very good}}
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'''Cuba''' is an island nation in the [[Caribbean]].
On '''Cuba''' people with a private car are required to pick up hitchhikers. This sounds good but actually less then 40% of the cars passing by are private cars and traffic in total is pretty low already. There are yellow police officers ("amarillos") who stop cars and oblige the driver to give a lift to the people waiting on the street. There is a small cost involved - about 20 pesos from one city to the next. As the amarillos collect the money during the daytime, the government gets the money, hence it can be easier to hitchhike at night when the driver gets the money. Nevertheless the "amarillos" who are supposed to stop the car and ask the driver where he/she is going complain that less and less cars actually stop. However it's common to pay the driver.
[[File:Amarillo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[User:fabzgy|Fabzgy]] took this pictures while hitchhiking in [[Cuba]], the two guys dressed in yellow pants and shirts are the "amarillos"]]
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