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...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
This economic overview pretty much explains it:
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cub
“ OVERVIEW
In 2022 Cuba was the number 161 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 154 in total imports.
EXPORTS
The top exports of Cuba are Rolled Tobacco ($275M), Nickel Mattes ($163M), Zinc Ore ($127M), Hard Liquor ($102M), and Raw Sugar ($67.2M), exporting mostly to China ($426M), Spain ($139M), Germany ($58.5M), Portugal ($43.3M), and Switzerland ($41.4M).
IMPORTS
The top imports of Cuba are Poultry Meat ($365M), Concentrated Milk ($115M), Soybean Oil ($108M), Corn ($105M), and Wheat ($102M), importing mostly from Spain ($812M), China ($404M), United States ($341M), Brazil ($290M), and Netherlands ($225M).“
Lefties are flummoxed by those pesky infrastructure thingies.
Dictatorships always fail, because dictators cannot stop themselves from stealing.
Upon conversion from a liberal market economy to dictatorship/planned economy the “thin veneer of hyper-competent individuals who keep the lights on and the water pure” are forced out, and soon the lights go out and the water turns brown. Venezuela, Cuba, South Africa, Haiti, the list keeps growing.
So says fata@@ philosopher moron Michael Moore. Why doesn’t he go to Cuba and “help them out” in their crisis- give them some money from his Canadian bank accounts. that’s legal.
Get ready for another invasion. And you are racist if you notice it or acknowledge it.
Obama Cartel will bail Cuban communists out.
Another communist country for Uncle Joe to spend our taxes on.
Another excuse by the left to enable a country to empty its prisons and send their inhabitants here.
Another win for Communism! That’s 2 in 2 weeks! (Cuba, Haiti,...)
Look how environmentally conscience they are. That should be the model for everywhere!
Communism. It’s to die for.
A preview of where we’re heading.
Once upon a time, United Fruit would manage the agriculture, and JP Morgan would manage their finances. Cuba was wealthy back then.
That’s a shame...
Trump could be the modern Reagan with a speech giving the communists 48 hours to get out of Cuba.
......”The Russian-Ukraine is vacuuming up most of the world’s available aid.”.......
Yes.
Support Israel? At least add Hamas and Gaza. Israel’s not feeling the love lately from Brandon. Maybe Hamas will have some food to sell to Cuba.
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