Brazil

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Aristeo Manzano, 58, repairs machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Jose Tabio, 56, repairs machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Ernesto Fernandez, 59, works during repairs on the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Guillermo Castillo, 60, works on a valve that regulates the passage of sugar cane juice at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

A worker moves iron with a crane during repairs at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. The plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and to start milling cane by February 2013. (Associated Press)

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A sugar plant worker shows his feet to a fellow worker at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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A man rides in a horse-drawn carriage outside the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba, on Sept. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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The words written on the wall read in Spanish “Don’t pass. Collapse.” The Brasil plant is getting a makeover in time for the upcoming annual harvest and is expected to start milling cane by February. (Associated Press)

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IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves, of Brazil, watches from the pit area during practice on the first day of qualifications for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)