Cuba (WOD)

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country located in the Caribbean Sea, in Central America and the Caribbean. It is a country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as the Isle of Youth and several smaller archipelagos.

Overview

The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BCE, with the Guanahatabey and Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization in the 15th century. From the 15th century, it was a colony of Spain, and slavery was abolished in 1886, remaining a Spanish colony until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained independence in 1902. In 1940, Cuba implemented a new constitution, but mounting political unrest culminated in a coup in 1952 and the subsequent dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, which was later overthrown in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution, which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro.

Cuba is one of a few extant Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist states, in which the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Cuba has an authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted

Vampire: the Masquerade

Once a Lasombra playground, Cuba fell to Fidel Castro's communist regime decades ago, forcing the wealthy families and their Lasombra parasites into exile. A couple of Idealist Brujah still hold a feeble reign here, but rumor has it that the Sabbat will move in immediately upon Castro's demise. Cuba's Brujah are not a very active or communicative lot, and seem to know that their nights are numbered. An aura of gloom permeates these Brujah, and many vampiric scholars claim that Cuba is actually the Idealists' failed attempt to build a new Carthage.

Hunter: the Reckoning

Cuba's government monster hunting squad is a secret, unnamed division of their Military Counterintelligence Department. Javier Gonzago is one of its members.[1]

References

  1. ↑ HTR: First Contact, p. 62 Buy it from DriveThruRPG!
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