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Cuba Marks Anniversary of Biological Attack on Cuba
The newspaper Granma on Thursday published an article marking the date of a biological attack on Cuba by CIA agents who provoked an outbreak of African swine flu that caused millions in losses and an incalculable impact on the nutrition of the Cuban people.
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The newspaper Granma on Thursday published an article marking the date of a biological attack on Cuba by CIA agents who provoked an outbreak of African swine flu that caused millions in losses and an incalculable impact on the nutrition of the Cuban people.
On June 23, 1971, the country was informed of the outbreak of that serious disease, produced by a contagious and aggressive virus capable of killing almost all infected pigs in 72 hours, the article said.
Never seen before in Cuba or the Western Hemisphere, the epidemic affected pigs in what used to be La Habana province (now two provinces, Artemisa and Mayabeque), and spread to neighboring provinces.
To prevent the disease from spreading, about 500,000 pigs were slaughtered in a short period.
The national economy suffered millions in losses from the mass slaughter, mass incinerations, campaign expenses, compensation for private farmers and the nationwide impact on the quality of hogs and their development.
The Granma article cited a news report datelined in Washington on January 9, 1977, quoting Newsday newspaper in Long Island, New York, as saying that "agents linked to anti-Castro terrorists introduced the African swine flu virus in Cuba in 1971."
On June 23, 1971, the country was informed of the outbreak of that serious disease, produced by a contagious and aggressive virus capable of killing almost all infected pigs in 72 hours, the article said.
Never seen before in Cuba or the Western Hemisphere, the epidemic affected pigs in what used to be La Habana province (now two provinces, Artemisa and Mayabeque), and spread to neighboring provinces.
To prevent the disease from spreading, about 500,000 pigs were slaughtered in a short period.
The national economy suffered millions in losses from the mass slaughter, mass incinerations, campaign expenses, compensation for private farmers and the nationwide impact on the quality of hogs and their development.
The Granma article cited a news report datelined in Washington on January 9, 1977, quoting Newsday newspaper in Long Island, New York, as saying that "agents linked to anti-Castro terrorists introduced the African swine flu virus in Cuba in 1971."