But the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in what Cubans call the country’s “Special Period,” an economic crisis punctuated by a sudden lack of fossil fuel energy that crippled every sector of the country’s economy.
Ngunit ang pagbagsak ng Sobiyet Union sa 1991 ushered sa kung ano Cubans tawag "ng bansa Special Period, "isang pang-ekonomiyang krisis na punctuated sa pamamagitan ng isang biglaang kakulangan ng lakas fossil fuel na baldado bawat sektor ng ekonomiya ng bansa.