Cuba, USA and Venezuela – level 1

15-05-2019 15:00

Cuba does not produce enough food. People must import food to Cuba. This is a problem. There is never enough food in Cuba.

People cannot buy as much food as they want. Each person can buy only a little food. This is for normal food like chicken, eggs and rice.

The situation is worse now in Cuba. Cuba says that this is because of the USA. Cuba says that the USA is blocking Cuba.

There are political problems in Venezuela at the moment. Cuba likes the leader there. The USA likes a second leader. The USA wants Cuba to stop liking the other leader.

Also, the USA says that Cuba has soldiers in Venezuela. The USA says that Cuba must send the soldiers away. Cuba says that there are no Cuban soldiers in Venezuela.

Difficult words: produce (make), import (bring from another country).

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