Global slump takes toll on Cuban economy
China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-04 08:29
A horse cart drives on a road near an oil drilling platform near Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba. The Caribbean island's economy has been battered by the global recession. Bloomberg News |
HAVANA: Cuba opened its annual international trade fair on Monday with the news its foreign trade was down 36 percent this year as the island battles the effects of the global economic recession.
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