The Next Cuban Revolution Could Be Peaceful
Roberta Lajous / US President Donald Trump’s effective oil blockade of Cuba has plunged the country into crisis. In such a weakened state, the Cuban regime could be motivated to launch a transition to a market-based economy if offered a chance to integrate economically with the US, Canada, and Mexico. MEXICO CITY – Ever since Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s regime in 1959, Cuba has served as a revolutionary paradigm for Latin American leftists – and America’s Achilles’ heel
Roberta Lajous / US President Donald Trump’s effective oil blockade of Cuba has plunged the country into crisis. In such a weakened state, the Cuban regime could be motivated to launch a transition to a market-based economy if offered a chance to integrate economically with the US, Canada, and Mexico.
MEXICO CITY – Ever since Fidel Castro’s forces overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s regime in 1959, Cuba has served as a revolutionary paradigm for Latin American leftists – and America’s Achilles’ heel in the region. While the regime’s oft-predicted demise has failed to materialize, that may change now that US President Donald Trump has seized control of Venezuela’s fossil-fuel industry, enabling his administration to establish an effective oil blockade of Cuba.
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