Cuba

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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks during a meeting with intellectuals and writers at the International Book Fair in Havana on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Roberto Chile)

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** FILE ** In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed holds up a piece of paper during a court recess Oct. 15, 2012, at his Military Commissions pretrial hearing in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (Associated Press)

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People drive a classic American car past a sugar cane field in Camaguey, Cuba, on Sept. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Workers irrigate a sugar cane field in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Aristeo Manzano, 58, repairs machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Jose Tabio, 56, repairs machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Ernesto Fernandez, 59, works during repairs on the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Guillermo Castillo, 60, works on a valve that regulates the passage of sugar cane juice at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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A worker moves iron with a crane during repairs at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. The plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and to start milling cane by February 2013. (Associated Press)