US OKs First Factory in Cuba Since the Communist Revolution a Half Century Ago
In this Feb. 22, 2011 file photo, a farmer drives his tractor in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The Obama administration has approved the first U.S. factory in Cuba in more than half a century, allowing a pair of former software engineers to build a plant assembling as many as 1,000 small tractors a year. The partners were notified by Treasury Department officials this month.
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