Cuba also ranked among the highest in Latin America at that time in terms of literacy rate, food consumption, and access to mass media. ... This essay reviews Cubans economic fortunes since 1994 up until 2002, grouping the most important events into three broad categories: Cuba during the 1940's-1950's, Cuba during the 1960-1989, and Cuba during 1990-2002. ... This, in turn led to higher costs and lower levels of production, high food prices, and chronic food shortages, exacerbated in 1998 by drought. ... The Helms-Burton Act allows a US nation to sue any foreign company tha...

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