Before the arrival of socialism in 1959, Cuba was the world’s top producer of sugar. Today, the communist dictatorship that has ruled the island for 65 consecutive years must import sugar to meet domestic needs. The sugar harvest this year has been a complete disaster, with numbers so low you would have to go back to the year 1900 to find similar production.
Via U.S. News and World Report:
The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink and pharmaceutical industries, according to official reports, two economists and a rum industry source.
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