Cuba Ration Lines Grow Tense As Economy Flails

(The Wall Street Journal) A 91-year-old former comrade of Cubas late dictator Fidel Castro recently startled Cubans when he announced government plans to breed ostriches to help feed the masses. Comandante Guillermo Garca raved on Cubas main TV news show about the giant flightless bird which produces more meat than a cow." The comandante who runs some of Cubas cattle-breeding operations also extolled the meat of the hutia a giant rodent endemic to the island as better than beef.