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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)

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)

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A sugar plant worker shows his feet to a fellow worker at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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A man rides in a horse-drawn carriage outside the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba, on Sept. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Workers irrigate a sugar cane field in Jaronu, Cuba. Two years ago, the sugar industry was crippled after the worst harvest in more than a century. (Associated Press)

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Men stand behind the seawall as waves brought by Tropical Storm Isaac splash over them in Baracoa, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba on Saturday after sweeping across Haiti's southern peninsula. Isaac's center made landfall just before midday near the far-eastern tip of Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)