Communist Cuba is probably not on the list of al-Qaeda's terrorist targets. But such is its dependence on the dollars and euros brought by foreign holiday makers that the worldwide slump in tourism after September 11th has hit its economy especially hard. The first sign of strain came in April when Venezuela suspended oil shipments after Cuba failed to meet its payments. Last week, in an effort to round up extra foreign exchange, Cuba's government announced a big increase in the prices of goods at the islands' dollar stores. Now Cuban officials have quietly revealed plans to close almost half the state-owned sugar mills.
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