... Block, and the trade embargo regulations, especially the Burton-Helms Law adopted in 1996, which limited the possible amount of Foreign Direct Investment available to Cuba, it truly became an island with no possibility of help from outside. This led to two major changes in strategy, including emphasis on both efficiency and primary needs. The efficiency was required to provide the ... existed were only good when other inputs such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, machines, fuel, and other resources not available locally were being traded for the food produced on the island. Now th...

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