IE - an Honours in Humanities must be easier than trying to answer your serial questioning...you make some of my BA tutors seem soporific.
1. the nearest Spanish-speaking nation I suppose - I think Fidel himself was in Mexico for a while before his brave successful return.
2. Well it's not the nearest safe country then, is it?
3. the standard factors - threat due to beliefs etc.
4. The UN should take control and determine who and which is the nearest safe country for them.
5. I said nearest NOT the exact same culture!!!
6. It's all those things - WONTS.
7. If I were to "keep digging", I'd hope NOT to end up in your backyard, with all due respect, IE.