Cuba's crumbling economy: Island plunges further into crisis • FRANCE 24 English

Cubans are taking to the streets as their country spirals further into economic crisis. Suffering from food shortages and power outages, residents are demanding action from the regime. The country has never recovered from the Covid pandemic crippling its tourism sector. The additional burden of US sanctions and the long-running US embargo has not helped. Cubans lack essential items like food and medicine, while fuel prices rose 500 percent at the beginning of March. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Lauren Bain.
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