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Photo Of The Day: Sweet Times Ahead

The Brasil sugar plant in Jaronu, Cuba, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and is expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and start milling cane by February. Hulking processing plants are coming back online and production is rising, a boon to rural towns like Jaronu where producing sugar has been a way of life for generations.

(AP) — In this Sept. 8, 2012 photo, Guillermo Castillo, 60, works on a valve that regulates the passage of sugar cane juice at the sugar processing plant "Brasil" in Jaronu, Cuba.

The Brasil sugar plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and is expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and start milling cane by February. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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