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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Maylin ALONSO, Rigoberto DIAZ

HISTORICAL FACTS: Fuel shortages a bitter pill for cuba s sugar cane producers - The Untold Story

Since the coronavirus pandemic, which hit its tourism sector hard, Cuba has experienced its worst economic crisis since the 1990s (Credit: AFP)

Cuba's sugar cane industry, once the world leader, first lost the United States as its main client 60 years ago, then the Soviet Union three decades later.

Today, the industry is teetering on the brink with Cuba in the grips of a crushing economic crisis marked by frequent power blackouts and severe shortages of basic supplies such as fuel, fertilizer and pesticides.

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