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Elderly Cubans left to starve as drought brings cut in rations
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Jul 17, 2004 08:41pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, July 17, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PENSIONERS in Cuba are being left to starve in government-run homes as food shortages caused by inefficient distribution and drought sweep one of the world’s last communist strongholds.
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A recent attempt by the United States to stem the flow of dollars into Cuba may further complicate matters. Washington argues that its tough limits on travel and sending money to Cuba will help to hasten the fall of Fidel Castro’s regime.
However, even many Cuban exiles who are supportive of President George W Bush fear that the first victims of the new rules will not be Castro and his cronies but ordinary Cubans struggling to survive.
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