02-12-2016 17:45 via au.finance.yahoo.com

In rural Cuba, economy stuck in time after Castro

A convoy is carrying Fidel Castro's ashes across a Cuban countryside stuck in the bleak economy he left behind: Farmers plowing with oxen, people traveling in horse carts and stores lacking basic goods.Crowds have been chanting "viva Fidel!" along the island's roads as a military jeep takes the urn to its final resting place in eastern Cuba on Sunday."Everybody talks about Fidel's legacy, but to defend this legacy, the economy must improve," said Angel Mora, a 27-year-old electronics engineer in
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