Cuba

Cuba Drought Raises Fears for 2000/2001 Sugar Crop
Reuters, July 31, 2000

An eight-month drought in Cuba is expected to worsen during August, raising fears the Caribbean island's 2000/2001 sugar harvest may be affected and fall below its official target of 4.5 million tonnes, the Meterological Institute warned. Cuban meteorological experts said that over the weekend there had been a “worrying” lack of rainfall since the end of 1999, particularly in the western province of Pinar del Rio, the central zones of Havana and Camaguey, and the eastern provinces Granma, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo.