What Is Driving Cuba’s Economic Crisis?
> April 24, 2026
> [weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the *Belly Of The Beast* news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
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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?
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> >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.
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> >“If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the Cuban economy, within five years, would be prosperous,” Morris says.
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> **Also:**
> * Lawmakers Denied Meeting with Top U.S. Diplomat
> * Cuba Confirms Havana Talks with Trump Administration
> * “Vida”: A Community Project Helping Kids in Cuba’s Crisis
> * Amid Shortages, Cuba Marks 65 Years of Socialism
> * U.S. Military Drone Flies Along Cuban Coast
> * Spain, Mexico and Brazil Commit to Help Cuba
> * Grenada Stands by Cuban Doctors
> * Belly of the Beast Recommends
> [weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the *Belly Of The Beast* news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]
>
> >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.
>
> **Also:**
> * Lawmakers Denied Meeting with Top U.S. Diplomat
> * Cuba Confirms Havana Talks with Trump Administration
> * “Vida”: A Community Project Helping Kids in Cuba’s Crisis
> * Amid Shortages, Cuba Marks 65 Years of Socialism
> * U.S. Military Drone Flies Along Cuban Coast
> * Spain, Mexico and Brazil Commit to Help Cuba
> * Grenada Stands by Cuban Doctors
> * Belly of the Beast Recommends