Hasta la victoria, quizás: Cuba’s broken economy

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  The Economist.

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  didn't just have big implications for that country.

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  It was the last remaining patron of Cuba, a destination for lots of its oil.

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  Since that lifeline was cut off, Cuba has been sputtering closer and closer to a full stop.

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  Which is exactly where hawks in the Trump administration,

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  principally Secretary of State Marco Rubio, wanted to be.

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  Oh, they don't get subsidies anymore, so they're in a lot of trouble,

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  and the people in charge don't know how to fix it,

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  so they had to get new people in charge.

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  Cuba's people have long deserved a better-run government and economy.

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