The Cuban sugar economy is the principal agricultural economy in Cuba. Historically, the Cuban economy relied heavily on sugar exports, but sugar production has declined since the breakup …

Jan 19, 2023 · Cuba was playing a major role in filling the world’s sugar bowl. Today, only 23 of those original sugar mills are operating. The remainder have been used, abused, …

Jan 14, 2025 · The 2024-2025 sugar harvest in Cuba is experiencing one of its most severe crises yet. Out of the 14 sugar mills expected to participate in this season, only six are operational, …

May 18, 2024 · Last season, Cuba's production fell to just 350,000 tonnes of raw sugar, an all-time low for the country, and well below the 1.3 million tonnes recorded in 2019. Miguel is one …

Jan 9, 2024 · For a long time now, “sugar” is one of the scarcest products in modern-day Cuba. It sounds ironic because anyone familiar with our country’s history knows that since colonial …

May 12, 2023 · In the last six years alone, sugar production has fallen from more than 1.5 million tonnes a year to less than half a million tonnes, amid tougher sanctions on Cuba imposed by …

May 18, 2024 · Last season, Cuba's production fell to just 350,000 tonnes of raw sugar, an all-time low for the country, and well below the 1.3 million tonnes recorded in 2019. Miguel is one …

Large-scale sugar production in Cuba began early in the 19th century. "Sugar quickly became the cornerstone of the Cuban economy," wrote Ramiro Guerra y Sánchez in Sugar and Society in …

Oct 14, 2024 · Traditionally, Cuba consumed 700,000 tons of sugar and exported the rest, but with current production, the panorama has changed radically. Now Cuba has been forced to …

Apr 8, 2022 · It is cane harvest time in Cuba -- once the world's top sugar exporter but now reliant on imports. A critical shortage of harvesters and trucks to deliver the cane to factories has …