FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agoCuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisiswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: worldnews
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkCuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisiswww.aljazeera.comFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: worldnews
Fun fact: USSR provided Cuba provided with discounted oil in exchange for Cuban sugar at above market prices.
minus-squareFrogmanfromlake [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoIt should be noted that Cuba is going through a lot but it’s still in better shape than Capitalist Haiti.
minus-squareBeaver [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoA better comparison might be to the capitalist Dominican Republic, which is a very similar country both in culture and history. Cuba’s nominal and PPP per capita GDP are very similar, and they have similar HDI.
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_the_Dominican_Republic Yeah, it’s not a Cuba thing but a general underdevelopment thing…
It should be noted that Cuba is going through a lot but it’s still in better shape than Capitalist Haiti.
A better comparison might be to the capitalist Dominican Republic, which is a very similar country both in culture and history. Cuba’s nominal and PPP per capita GDP are very similar, and they have similar HDI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_the_Dominican_Republic
Yeah, it’s not a Cuba thing but a general underdevelopment thing…