Living conditions on the island are deteriorating at an alarming rate, as the Cuban regime runs out of resources to maintain a modern, functioning society and is unwilling to enact the necessary reforms to save the country from collapse. The fallout from the regime's disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the exodus of 10% of the island's population in just two years, the vast majority being working-age people, has led to an acute shortage of workers in critical industries, leading to a collapse in industrial and agricultural production, infrastructure and public services. Due to the combined effects of 64 years of central planning and the US's economic embargo, Cuba's healthcare infrastructure, water infrastructure, electrical infrastructure, roads, bridges and buildings are in an advanced state of decay and their deterioration is accelerating exponentially. Cuba is facing a very dark and uncertain future as the fabric of its society unravels.
Cuba's looming humanitarian catastrophe
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I was in Cuba last year, and being a tourist (avoiding hotels and hanging more with locals) was exhausting. And that was with the currency exchange on the black market that gave me approx 4x the value in pesos at the time.
Something needs to give, the situation in Cuba es untenable. Truly.
The USA cancelling my ESTA because of my Cuba trip was some BS too..
Such a beautiful place with such amazing (and stupidly good looking) people with such little opportunities.
Abajo la dictadura.
If history had worked out differently, Havana could have become Carribean Vegas
If the US doesn’t assist soon, China will. This will be the beginning of China global conquest.