Posted on 03/19/2024 9:07:35 AM PDT by re_tail20
The crisis in Cuba has seen its government approach the United Nations for aid to address its food shortage, as residents take to the streets in a rare sign of social unrest
Cuba is "on the verge of total collapse" as the country has been hit by blackouts with residents taking to the streets calling for "food and power".
The crisis has seen the Cuban government approach the United Nations for aid to address its food shortage. As the Caribbean island goes through its harshest economic crisis in three decades, the communist regime is resorting to hitherto unseen cries for help to other countries.
The country has been hit by US restrictions, a weak tourism industry, and a decaying domestic product which has left the proud independent nation on it's knees. In an article for Bloomberg, author Juan Pablo Spinetto writes that the situation has brought about a rare display of social unrest.
He adds that last time it happened, in July 2021, the regime contained it with crushing force.
Spinetto writes that the economic situation is a huge challenge for the Communist Party of Cuba that has controlled the nation’s life since Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.
He says that despite the archaic embargo posted on the nation by the US during the Cold War, it is not responsible for the food shortage, since Cuba has been able to import more than $7 billion worth of agricultural produce since 2001.
Spinetto adds that the embargo is also not responsible for the departure of 5% of Cuba's population (more than half a million residents) between 2021 and 2023. He says: "These are young, educated Cubans escaping hunger, economic mismanagement and political repression."
Spinetto writes that the crisis can’t be fixed "without fundamentally changing the country’s centralized, state-controlled model where bureaucrats...
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Elian Gonzalez will be the surprise winner./?
Diaz-cANAL is a one-for-me, none-for-you ugly commie who has resorted to the lowest form of commie punishment -- starvation. It would be better that they all die, then cANAL would have no power.
"A 2023 study by the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH), estimated 88% of the population is living in extreme poverty."
We should offer to make them a territory, on our terms.
Hmmm, we’re kinda busy with haiti... Or maybe Cuba feels like they want in on UN (US) aide flowing to Haiti... No Strings attached.
Why would the US help enemies, of Democracy???
Hopefully we’ll see a big beautiful Trump Casino in Havana.
Not if Hyman Roth has anything to say about it
so much for socialist utopia
We visited Havana about ten years ago. The infrastructure was crumbling, their high rise hospital was not air conditioned, and our guides spoke of the wonderful dental program they have where they pull teeth instead of crowning them. The Mafia ran it better, and the people had more freedom.
Cuba can trade with the world. Yet they are poor because of the murderous communists that the democrat party supports.
OMG, just saw a post by a FReeper that posts as Hyman Roth.
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