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 \nBut whatever their feelings forCastro,everyone now agrees thatCuba today is in desperate needof help.  \nA Wrecked Economy  \nCuba's economy is in shambles.  \nThe Cuban people do not have De to a lack of gasoline,people in Havana have toenough of anything:gasoline,fuel transport goods by other means.oil,and even food.  \nThe official rations for a family of five inCuba today are 5 pounds of rice per per-son per month,4 eggs per personper week,a small amount of fish,and4 ounces of coffee per person per week.  \n●In 1953,as a young law stu-dent,Fidel began a revoltagainst  \nCuban dicta-  \nThings weren't always that grim.  \ntor Fulgen-  \nNot long ago there was plenty of food,clothing,fuel,and other items in Cuba.But since 1989,Cuba's economy,as mea-sured by the country's output of goods,has dropped by 45 percent.Cuba's foreigntrade has dropped by 85 percent.  \ncio Batista.  \nAfter six  \nyears of  \nfighting,  \nCastro and  \nhis group of  \nrebels  \n# The Cause of Collapse\n\ndefeated  \nWhat happened?  \nBatista's forces.Batista fled thecountry on January 1,1959,andCastro entered Havana in triumph(photo above).Immediately afterCastro's victory,many anti-CastroCubans fled the country.  \nIn short,the collapse of world commu-nism and the breakup of the Soviet Unionhurt Cuba severely.  \nAfter 1959,Cuba's economy was keptgoing by massive amounts of Sovietmoney.Cuba's entire sugar crop,forinstance,was bought every year by theSoviet Union.In addition,the Sovietspoured billions of dollars of aid into Cuba.  \n●Under Castro's dictatorship,  \nhundreds of thousands of Cubans  \nhave contin-  \nAfter the Soviet Union fell apart in1991,Russia found it could not afford tokeep pouring money into Cuba to supportCastro's rule.Since then Cuba has triedto go it alone—and failed.  \nued to flee  \nthe country.  \nMany have  \nAide wold photn  \ntake","cbCainTeFxwzZf0e","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainTeFxwzZf0e","pdf",2855858,"English","# But United States Refuses to Lift Trade Ban on Cuba\n# CURRENT EVENTS\n# CASTRO ASKS FOR HELP\n# The Cause of Collapse\n## Cuba’s economic decline\n## The role of the Soviet Union\n# Castro Blames U.S.\n# U.S. Blames Castro\n# Consider This...","[{\"question\":\"Why did Castro receive a different reception during his U.S. visit?\",\"answer\":\"Supporters cheered him and offered flowers, but in the United States he was snubbed. 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