Cuba: The Dictatorship and the ‘Blockade’ Lie

Cuba: The Dictatorship and the ‘Blockade’ Lie
People take part in a demonstration against the regime of Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, on July 11, 2021. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Lacalle
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Cuba is a dictatorship that uses terror and propaganda to repress its people. It locks up citizens, strips them of the most basic human rights, silences them, and confronts families using extortion and threats.

Daniel Lacalle
Daniel Lacalle
Author
Daniel Lacalle, Ph.D., is chief economist at hedge fund Tressis and author of the bestselling books “Freedom or Equality” (2020), “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” (2017), “The Energy World Is Flat”​ (2015), and “Life in the Financial Markets.”
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