Cuba leases farm land for Rice Production to a Vietnamese firm in the Pinar del Río Region

[JohnS]

It's not the fact that Cuba is attracting foreign investment to grow rice that is the surprising fact of this article, it's the location of the farm land, which is situated in the most prime tobacco growing region of Cuba.

Doing business with Cuba usually goes awry, as the Cuban government is well known for not been dependable when it comes to settling accounts.

Below are links to articles on the issue for you to consider...

https://www.thedailyherald.sx/business/in-policy-first-cuba-leases-farmland-to-foreign-firm

https://www.agcanada.com/daily/in-first-cuba-leases-farmland-to-foreign-firm

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3219396-cubas-landmark-farmland-lease-to-vietnam

https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/295104

Halfwheel's article: https://halfwheel.com/cuba-allows-foreign-company-to-grow-rice-in-pinar-del-rio/446095/

The question is this: What do we make of this? What does this mean in regard to manufacturing Habanos cigars moving forward? Is this an obvious indication that the economy of Cuba has completely collapsed and they are struggling just to meet the basic needs of their people?