What is driving Cuba’s economic crisis? Economist Emily Morris explains how U.S. sanctions, tourism collapse and financial isolation shaped it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46386368

April 24, 2026
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What happens when a small country is cut off from global finance, trade networks and investment flows in an increasingly interconnected world?

This week development economist Emily Morris breaks down the massive impact of the U.S. economic war on Cuba in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández.

“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the Cuban economy, within five years, would be prosperous,” Morris says.

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