Oxen and horses put back to work in Cuba

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A lack of fuel, in large part due to the US blockade, is forcing Cubans to return to horse and ox power for farming, transport and everyday travel.

In Los Palacios, 100km of the west of the capital Havana, Heriberto Piloto bellows at his oxen Montezuelo"and Pasajero as they plough a tobacco field at the La Juanita farm.Once the fields were ploughed by tractors, plus some animal help, but now beasts of burden are the only option, meaning the job of ploughman has made a comeback too in Cuba's fields.

"We need to prepare around 1,200 hectares of land with animal power during the cold season," Reynoso added.A thousand kilometers to the east, long, straight roads flanked by sugarcane fields lead to Havana. "I bring food to cooperative workers: Breakfast, lunch. It works well, it saves a lot of things fuel, given that there is none any more," said Betancourt.

 

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