Cuba Announces Severe Cuts Similar to ‘Special Period’ to Cope with the Suffocation of the United States · Global Voices

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The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has admitted this Thursday that the “economic asphyxia of the world’s main power” passes bill to the already serious situation of the island, so he announced the implementation next week of a “multisectorial contingency plan” –cortes– inspired by those that were applied during the so-called Special Period to face the shortage of fuel, which generates constant blackouts and keeps the Cuban economy almost …

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The U.S. oil siege has led the Cuban government to prepare a "very difficult" emergency program for the population that recalls the fearsome ghost of the "zero option," the survival plan of the "special period," announced 35 years ago.Read more