Just over 100,000 citizens cultivated the land for agricultural purposes to maintain the population which meant that Cuba should import the most basic products. Traders outnumbered farmers: owners, entrepreneurs, and managers were 127,000; Employees and private dependents were 172,000; Public employees, 20,168; Clerks and salesmen, 18,000; Agents, managers and administrators, 3,500. This imbalance evidences social inequality, the power of a few - large traders and landowners and senior officials - and the differences between rural areas and large
