Cuba Moves Under US Pressure (opens in new tab)

Cuba’s president went on television last week to announce profound changes in the economy. Cuba formally remains a communist country, although it is not one Karl Marx would recognize. Nor is it especially unique among self-described communist countries. Cuba is dominated by the army, which serves three purposes: to provide national defense, to maintain dictatorial order and to operate the Cuban economy. (In many ways, the army is the Cuban economy.) In a way, the army controls the party, whic...