Women in Cuba

[Marcus IM]

2. While under extraterritorial US sanctions specifically designed to destroy their economy.

And what I hear from many Americans is that Cuba has a failed and mismanaged economy.

If one were to ask me, I know that Cuba has an extremely well managed economy in that despite the austerities created by sanctions it delivers world class health care and education - universal, all. It's not just the gov't achieving these things.

Now, I'll clarify for the record (before the negative onslaught), am I making some kind of claim that Cuba is a paradise?

Nope.

What I am saying is that currently (as in: right now) Cuba is being strangled and Cubans are suffering from the ever-tightening grip US sanctions have on their economy - especially as covid had such a devastating impact on their primary product ... tourism.