U.S. Calls Cuba’s New Economic Reforms Superficial Smoke Signals (opens in new tab)

The U.S. State Department on Friday dismissed Cuba’s newly approved economic overhaul as cosmetic, casting doubt on whether Havana’s biggest opening toward market-style reforms in decades will loosen state control or improve conditions for ordinary Cubans. The criticism came a day after Cuba’s National Assembly approved 176 measures, grouped around 23 areas of economic and […] The post appeared first on .