As the widely acknowledged humanitarian crisis in Cuba intensifies, political figures and conservative pundits alike are blaming the island nation’s leadership, government, and socialist revolution, labeling Cuba a “failed state.” José R. Cabañas Rodríguez, Cuban ambassador to the United States from September 2015 to December 2020, analyzes the criteria that many use to define a “failed state” and suggests that those living in the Yankee ‘paradise’ take a look in the mirror. The article below first appeared on Radio Havana Cuba and is republished for the information of our readers.
Is it really a failed state when most of its problems have been caused by a major outside aggressive influence? Wouldn’t a failed state be when it has failed internally without sanctions or embargoes thanks to a certain global bully to its north.