Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Former President of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). He has been an advisor to various areas and UN agencies in all Latin American countries.
Cuba is experiencing the worst economic and social crisis since the revolution. Why the success of the Sino-Vietnamese model that keeps the Communist Party in power has not been followed by Cuba’s government?
Cuba has launched a series of economic reforms induced by several factors: the continuity of an inefficient central planning model, the cutback of Venezuelan aid, sanctions imposed by former President Trump and the pandemic, all of which led to an 11% drop in GDP in 2020.
