Collateral Damage: The Environmental Cost of Cuba’s Terrorism Designation - WhoWhatWhy

Collateral Damage: The Environmental Cost of Cuba’s Terrorism Designation - WhoWhatWhy

Music, cigars, and vintage cars — these are the most common clichés about visiting Havana, Cuba’s capital. They’re all still common sights, but now visitors may also encounter a different scene: mounting garbage in the streets, forest fires, and chemical waste dumped in residential areas. These are all symptoms of the country’s worst economic crisis in three decades — which started during the COVID-19 pandemic and is now compounded by renewed po…