Campesinos produce
majority of tobacco, tubers, fruits and vegetables
IN 2005, Cuban campesinos and agricultural
cooperative members contributed to the nation 94% of
its tobacco, 62% of its tubers, 61% of vegetables,
71% of fruits, 77% of beans, 20% of sugarcane and
59% of coffee, informed Orlando Lugo Fonte,
president of the National Association of Small
Farmers (ANAP).
During the event celebrating the organization’s
45th anniversary, presided over by Esteban Lazo,
member of the Political Bureau of the Communist
Party of Cuba in the Ernesto Che Guevara Plaza in
the center of Santa Clara, Lugo sent a message to
Fidel and Raúl, whom, he said, the campesinos will
never let down.
He added that the women and men of Cuba’s
countryside are outraged by the crude lies of the
U.S. magazine Forbes, according to which the
Cuban president is one of the richest rulers in the
world. "He has dedicated his entire life to the
cause of the poor, and that is his greatest wealth,"
Lugo affirmed.
