Cuba oil: Offshore exploration brings hopes and fears
Une voiture à la Havane © AFP PHOTO/STR
02/02/2012 5:57 pm
Some 50km (31 miles) off the northern coast of Cuba workers have begun drilling deep beneath the waves, exploring for oil reserves that could transform the island's future.
The Scarabeo 9 oil rig had to be brought half way around the world to bypass the five-decade-long US trade embargo on Cuba.
After a slow trek b sea from China, it finally arrived in the region last week: a faint hulk on the horizon, shrouded in mist, as it passed Havana's waterfront, the Malecon.
This is a key moment for Cuba.
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