The current economic crisis in Cuba is caused by U.S. sanctions and a blockade rather than internal policy failures.

“It's because the US regime has imposed an illegal, barbaric, medieval blockade on Cuba to starve it of fuel, food, and medicine. That's called a siege warfare. And that's supposed to be illegal. That's a war crime.”

Cuba serves as a global example of a socialist system that prioritizes human welfare and sovereignty despite persistent economic blockades.

“And in that sense, you know, the the the sort of demonstration effect for the global south is actually the route to development isn't through the international financial system and um you know the the loans you're going to get from the World Bank and the IMF that are going to entangle you in debt”