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Cuba's Crumbling Infrastructure

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

20 September 2006 - 12:00pm

Even as its economy improves, Cuba instructure is falling apart.

"Their homes are also in a sad state, with at least 500 buildings in the capital collapsing each year, by the government's own count. Their utilities are decrepit too: Water and power distribution systems are corroded patchworks predating the 1959 revolution...Cuba is falling apart — literally... the country's structural decay seems to worsen with each month..The lack of available or affordable parts, tools and building materials has had a cancerous effect on the alreadydegraded infrastructure."

Full Story: From the Ground Up, Cuba Is Crumbling
Source: The Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2006
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