Name: Cuba's sugar collapse: From global giant to importer
Uploaded: 2026-04-03T03:17:01+08:00
Duration: 2 min 49 s
Description: Cuba’s sugar industry was the backbone of the island’s economy since Spanish colonial times up through 1989, when the country became the world’s largest sugar exporter. Production started plummeting in the 1990s. Cuba’s sugar industry has declined to

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Cuba’s sugar industry was the backbone of the island’s economy since Spanish colonial times up through 1989, when the country became the world’s largest sugar exporter. Production started plummeting in the 1990s. Cuba’s sugar industry has declined to the point that Cuba now imports sugar to meet local needs.

Luis Chirino reports from Havana.

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