Back القوات المسلحة الثورية الكوبية Arabic Fuercies Armaes Revolucionaries de Cuba AST Въоръжени сили на Куба Bulgarian Forces Armades Revolucionàries de Cuba Catalan Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias German Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba Spanish نیروهای مسلح انقلاب کوبا Persian Forces armées cubaines French Forzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba Galician הכוחות המזוינים המהפכניים של קובה HE
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The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias; FAR) are the military forces of Cuba. They include Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Navy, Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force, and other paramilitary bodies including the Territorial Troops Militia (Milicias de Tropas Territoriales – MTT), Youth Labor Army (Ejército Juvenil del Trabajo – EJT), and the Defense and Production Brigades (Brigadas de Producción y Defensa – BPD), plus the Civil Defense Organization (Defensa Civil de Cuba – DCC) and the National Reserves Institution (Instituto Nacional de las Reservas Estatales – INRE). All these groups are subordinated to the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – MINFAR).
The armed forces have long been the most powerful institution in Cuba.[4] The military manages many enterprises in key economic sectors representing about 4% of the Cuban economy.[5][6][7] The military has also served as former Cuban Communist Party First Secretary, as well as former President of Cuba, Raúl Castro's base.[7] In numerous speeches, Raúl Castro emphasized the military's role as a "people's partner".[8]
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- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2015, p. 392
- ^ "Cuba - the World Factbook". 30 March 2022.
- ^ "The Cuban military and transition dynamics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "Does the Cuban Military Really Control Sixty Percent of the Economy?". Huffington Post. 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Challenges to a Post-Castro Cuba" (PDF). Harvard International Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ a b Carl Gershman and Orlando Gutierrez (January 2009). "Can Cuba Change?" (PDF). Journal of Democracy. 20 (1).[permanent dead link]
- ^ Claudia Zilla. "The Outlook for Cuba and What International Actors Should Avoid" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-27.