Seven of the 155 sugar refineries in Cuba will become museums as the sector continues to undergo a reform programme which began last March, according to Manuel Cordero, the leader of the National Sugar Workers Union.
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Cordero told Trabajadores magazine yesterday [Monday] that more than half of the refineries will close. The 71 most efficient will continue to operate, and 14 will be converted to produce molasses.
Cuba’s sugar industry has been steadily declining for years. The reform programme will continue through 2004.
