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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(12):962-964; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.12.962
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 12, 962-964, June 21, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Embargoes and Economics: the Birth of Biotechnology in Cuba

Judith Randal

Is anything up-to-date in Fidel Castro’s Cuba? A quick look around this island nation of 11 million people says no. The Gap and McDonald’s are conspicuously absent, virtually every American car and truck is a 1940s or ’50s model, and at the Tropicana, Havana’s huge outdoor nightclub, everything except the prices recalls that era, too.Go



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  		A typical scene in Cuba reflects the antique infrastructure and the effects of urban decay.

Photo by Kenneth Dalecki.

 
So can it be true that this time capsule of a country . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Economic Development

Birth of an Industry


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