The Costs and Benefits of Patronizing Cuba

Havana needs foreign backing, but the list of suitors is short.

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In February, we wrote that Cuba’s economy was reaching a breaking point and that the government was looking for a patron to ensure its survival. Five months later, anti-government protests erupted on the island, laying bare just how bad things had become. Global attention toward Cuba has since calmed, but the underlying problems have not. […]

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Allison Fedirka
Allison Fedirka is the former director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures. Ms. Fedirka has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and international studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in international relations and affairs from the University of Belgrano, Argentina. Her thesis was on Brazil and Angola and south-south cooperation.