Cuba's Crumbling Infrastructure

Even as its economy improves, Cuba instructure is falling apart.

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September 20, 2006, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Their homes are also in a sad state, with at least 500 buildings in the capital collapsing each year, by the government's own count. Their utilities are decrepit too: Water and power distribution systems are corroded patchworks predating the 1959 revolution...Cuba is falling apart â€" literally... the country's structural decay seems to worsen with each month..The lack of available or affordable parts, tools and building materials has had a cancerous effect on the alreadydegraded infrastructure."

FULL STORY: From the Ground Up, Cuba Is Crumbling

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

Architecture Government / Politics Infrastructure Central and South America

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