Question: Winters are milder and sunnier on the Pacific coast, permitting a welcome double crop of the all-important staple rice.
Double crops of rice are common.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: TAX EXPENDITURE -A revenue forgone attributable to a provision of the federal tax laws that allows a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or provides a special credit, preferential tax rate, or deferral of tax liability.
Tax credits have been banned.

Answer: no

Question: Washington remained fundamentally opposed to Cuba's political evolution and sought to isolate Castro in Latin America.
Washington was opposed to Cuba's political evolution.

Answer:
yes