from Cuba Analysis Podcasts

In this episode of Cuba Analysis Podcast, we speak to Dr Emily Morris, a development economist[…]at the University College London…

She describes the overlapping effects of the pandemic, domestic currency reform, tightening of US sanctions…factors that have combined to produce a sustained and deep economic crisis, resulting in prolonged electricity blackouts, goods shortages and large-scale emigration. She also examines how US sanctions weaponise international finance and trade, obliging banks to block transactions with Cuba and ships to turn away from Cuban ports…

We get an insider’s view of collaborative projects …from Cuban scientists turning landfill methane into energy to pioneering next-generation battery technology and developing sustainable urban transit plans.