How Cuba Has Sought to Cope with Over 60 Years of Embargo

Subjected since 1962 to an embargo imposed by the United States at the height of the Cold War and reinforced over the years, the communist island of Cuba has for more than 60 years been trying to withstand the asphyxiation of its economy, with great difficulty.

Since the 2020 pandemic, the country has been experiencing its worst economic crisis in thirty years, marked by runaway inflation, power outages, and shortages of food, medicines, and fuel. It is facing an unprecedented wave of emigration, and the lack of foreign currency ha