Mainstream news describe the economic situation is Cuba as extreme, see for example, this article by CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/22/americas/cuba-crisis-energy-economy-intl-latam
Is that true? How to get a realistic account of the current situation in Cuba? Is United States blockade getting worse?
Edit. Added a mainstream source and re-stated my question in a more neutral tone.
As a general rule, never trust Liberal news for anything.
Never trust news from a single source/political sphere, no.
That sounds good in theory, but keep in mind that 99% of English-language news sources are liberal ones.
Et alors, j’etudais Francaise! Attend…
Are you suggesting CNN is liberal? Like, seriously?
I’m sorry, I realize I was a bit ambiguous so please allow me to correct myself.
CNN is so fucking liberal. Better?
Do you snort it or take it in the arm?
Someone else will hopefully have more specific details on the situation.
In general the economic situation isn’t great due to the blockade since as an island nation they have to Import anything (like oil) that isn’t a natural resource on the island. Blackouts and other energy issues have been a problem due to that.
Trump recently increased the blockade and I know due to COVID their tourism industry was hit pretty hard.
Some silver linings to the situation:
China has provided solar panels that should help strengthen their grid and provide them a source of energy that can’t be blockaded.
They recently became a BRICS partner member which should hopefully give them some ability to trade even with the blockade.
Vietnam recently has raised millions in an ongoing effort to send donations to Cuba.
Edit:
Also if anyone is interested in learning more about Cuba and its history I’d recommend the podcast Blowback season 2.
Also Some other links below on recent news.
Can you just identify the news source? Say for example “CNN ran a story in which they said x, y, z about Cuba, is it true and where can I find other perspectives?” That way you don’t derail the conversation from the onset with the spectre of lIbErAl NeWs 👻
If you use terms like “the liberal news”, you know you’re stuck in an echo chamber.
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