How China Helps the Cuban Regime Stay Afloat and Shut Down Protests
Chinese companies have played a key part in building Cuba’s telecommunications infrastructure, a system the regime uses to control its people, just as the CCP does within its own borders.
Why Cuba’s Díaz-Canel Is Still in Trouble
A Global Americans Interview with Will Grant, Author of Populista: The Rise of Latin America’s 21st Century Strongman

Grant provides an informative retrospective on the Pink Tide era.
A dubious referendum on a (slightly) revised constitution shows growing opposition to the revolution in Cuba
Even with likely fraud, the number of no votes, null votes and blank votes exceeded one million on Sunday’s referendum.
¿Quedó ahogada en el agua la apertura de Estados Unidos a Cuba?

Dos años después de que Obama relajó el embargo de Estados Unidos sobre Cuba y normalizó las relaciones, ¿están esas políticas a punto de ser revertidas por la administración de Trump?
Fidel: a hero nobody in the region wants to imitate
The passing of the Cuban leader is a momentous political event, but when democracy swept Latin America, he was a problem for the new reality.
What Fidel Castro’s Death Won’t Change About Cuba’s Economic Outlook
For all of the unknowns, a few things about Cuba’s future appear clear, including that economic changes are likely to be incremental and have modest effects; lifting the trade embargo would have only marginal financial effects on the Cuban people; and economic liberalization is unlikely to bring political change to Cuba.