In the first half of the twentieth century, Cuba was the biggest producer of sugar in the world, and sugar represented 80 ...

Based on the following assessment, despite the precipitous collapse of Cuba’s sugar industry beginning in the early 1990s, the country’s economy would benefit from opening its markets to ...

This was a huge blow, as sugar was the core of the Cuban economy. Castro asked the Soviet Union for help. They agreed to buy 1 million tonnes of Cuban sugar every year. Castro and Khrushchev were ...

The National Committee of the Association of Sugar Technicians of Cuba (ATAC by its Spanish acronym) evaluated in Havana the actions of its grassroots bodies and provincial branches in ensuring the ...

Rebel leader Maximo Gomez was controversial in his calls to burn sugar plantations to destroy the Spanish economy. As Afro-Cuban rebel leader Antonio Maceo gained popularity among Cuban blacks ...