The economic collapse of Cuba's communist-controlled economy has strained relations with communist China, resulting in unexpected reports.
Although Cuba experienced widespread power outages due to aging infrastructure and damage from the U.S. embargo, the communist government knew it would fail due to ideological purity rather than implementing free market solutions. claims.
“The strained relationship is reflected in the sharp decline in the value of Chinese imports to Cuba from $1.7 billion in 2017 to $1.1 billion.”
According to report In the Financial Times, Chinese officials are furious with their Caribbean island brethren. They cite economists and diplomats briefed on the situation between China and Cuba.
Sources said China publicly supports Cuba's vertically planned economy, but privately Chinese officials have urged the island government to follow China's economic model with market-oriented elements. It is said that there is.
The report said Chinese officials were “perplexed and frustrated” that Cuban leaders were overlooking obvious dysfunction in order to perpetuate the state-run economy.
The strained relationship is reflected in a sharp decline in the value of Chinese imports to Cuba, which fell from $1.7 billion in 2017 to $1.1 billion just five years later.
About 10 million people in Cuba are without power for the fourth day. Communist leaders blamed the U.S. embargo for the deteriorating power situation, but U.S. officials denied the blame.
A White House National Security Council spokesperson said, “The United States is not responsible for today's power outage on the island of Cuba or the overall energy situation in Cuba.''
Some residents of Cuba protested They protested the government's failure to bang pots and pans while blocking traffic.
In response, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned that his government “will not condone acts of destruction, much less change the peace of our people.”
The situation is expected to worsen after Hurricane Oscar made landfall in Cuba on Sunday.
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