The pandemic and tougher U.S. sanctions have decimated Cuba’s economy, prompting the biggest migration since Fidel Castro rose to power.
Author: Ed Augustín and Frances Robles
Cuba’s Economy Was Hurting. The Pandemic Brought a Food Crisis.
The island was able to control the coronavirus, but the dearth of tourists in the pandemic’s wake strangled an economy already damaged by mismanagement and U.S. sanctions.