Inopportune and welcome
The rains that have come with the Cuban winter have affected strategic activities like the sugar harvest and tobacco planting.
After a more than usual warm Christmas and New Year’s Eve, even for the Caribbean tropics, winter finally appeared in Cuba in January. But the cold fronts have arrived accompanied by rain – unusual for this time of the year –, bringing relief and at the same time unease for the agricultural scenarios. While the cattle farmers and tuber and grain producers appreciate the showers, other key sectors for the economy, like the sugar agribusiness and tobacco production, curse the inopportune humidity.
