Caimito, Cuba, July 22, 2026 (AFP) - Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms

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2026-07-22

Alexander Quesada was gifted a tractor for turning a Cuban rubbish dump into a model farm, but these days he is using oxen to pull his plow as a severe energy crisis worsened by a US blockade hobbles food production. The changing fortunes of Quesada's organic farm Finca Burgambilia -- named after the vibrant purple flowers that bedeck the entrance -- follow those of communist Cuba's relations with the United States over the past decade. Quesada,......

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