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Drinkers around the world may soon be asking where the rum has gone as Cuba faces one of its worst sugar harvests since the 19th century.
Cuban markets offered a dwindling selection of food and a growing expanse of empty shelves on Wednesday as food shortages the government warned about after hurricanes Gustav and Ike became ...
Stories about Cuba's famed medical care system have taken a turn for the worse. Top it all off with a sugar shortage. Imagine Cuba having a sugar shortage.
This isn't the first time that a reported sugar shortage has been debated.
As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: Earlier this ...
Cuba closed schools and told non-essential workers to stay home on Friday as its electrical grid faltered following the failure of a major power plant, causing widespread blackouts across the ...
Oscar makes landfall in Cuba, could lead to 'humanitarian crisis' Cuba's electrical grid collapsed Sunday for the fourth time in 48 hours, a major setback in the efforts to restore power to ...
GUARDALAVACA, Cuba -- Steel skeletons of more hotels are rising along a coastal strip of northeastern Cuba, flanked by white sands on one side and sugar cane on the other.
Cocktail connoisseurs around the world may soon be asking where the rum has gone as Cuba faces one of its worst sugar harvests since the 19th century. The island nation’s sugar production is ...
Stories about Cuba's famed medical care system have taken a turn for the worse. Top it all off with a sugar shortage. Imagine Cuba having a sugar shortage.