1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated May 13, 2022Cuba: U.S. Policy OverviewCuban Political and Economic Developments Cuba remains a one-party authoritarian state with a government that has sharply restricted freedoms of expression, association, assembly, and other basic human rights since the ear
2、ly years of the 1959 Cuban revolution. Miguel Daz-Canel succeeded Ral Castro as president in 2018 and as head of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) at its eighth party congress in April 2021. The departure of Castro and other older leaders from the PCCs Politburo reflects the generational change in Cub
3、an leadership that began several years ago. While in power (2006-2018), Ral Castro (who succeeded his brother, longtime leader Fidel Castro) began to move Cuba toward a mixed economy with a stronger private sector, but his governments slow, gradualist approach did not produce major improvements. Cub
4、a adopted a new constitution in 2019 that introduced some reforms but maintained the states dominance over the economy and the PCCs predominant political role. The Cuban economy is being hard-hit by the economic shutdown associated with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; Venezuelas ec
