Following Fidel’s lead, Cuba cuts ethanol plans

HAVANA, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Following denunciations of the use of food for fuel by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a Cuban official said on Wednesday the Caribbean island is modernizing its sugar industry but that plans to increase ethanol production have been scaled back.

Luis Galvez, director of the sugar ministry’s Sugar Cane Derivatives Research Institute, said as sugar output increases, so will derivatives, but in no case at the expense of food.