FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING CUBA BY DAVEY TALBOT

FOUR THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE VISITING CUBA BY DAVEY TALBOT

source: VictimsofCommunism.org According to journalist Michael Totten, in 1958 Cuba had a higher per-capita income than much of Europe. However, that quickly changed. After shooting his way to power, Fidel Castro enacted drastic socialist reforms that gutted the economy and eventually left it heavily reliant on Soviet subsidies. Then the Soviet Union collapsed and the

source: VictimsofCommunism.org

According to journalist Michael Totten, in 1958 Cuba had a higher per-capita income than much of Europe. However, that quickly changed. After shooting his way to power, Fidel Castro enacted drastic socialist reforms that gutted the economy and eventually left it heavily reliant on Soviet subsidies. Then the Soviet Union collapsed and the subsidies dried up. During this mellifluously named “special period in peacetime,” the Cuban economy cratered and GDP dropped by 34%. To survive, Fidel Castro was forced to decriminalize the possession of US dollars and self-employment and open the island to tourism in order to pull in hard cash. His arrangements with Hugo Chávez also helpedkeep the island afloat. But restructuring and openness a lo Cubano has left no question as to who really controls society.

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