Cuba’s Triple Crisis: Economy, Politics, Society

April 9, 2026
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Cuba is at a turning point, facing economic collapse, political instability, and social unrest as its population declines from 11.2 million a decade ago to around 8 million today. In a Michigan News Expert Q&A, professor of sociology and American culture Silvia Pedraza examines the country’s complex crisis and explains how eroding revolutionary legitimacy and weakening state infrastructure have driven a mass exodus.

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