Cuba is undertaking one of its most dramatic economic shifts in decades. The government has approved sweeping market-oriented reforms designed to attract foreign investment and revitalize its struggling economy. The island is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory—with severe shortages of food, fuel, and medicine, plus frequent blackouts. According to France 24, these reforms represent a historic departure from the state-controlled model that has shaped Cuban economic policy for more than sixty years.

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