cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42640672

From Cuba Analysis Podcasts

In this episode of Cuba Analysis Podcast, we speak to Dr Emily Morris, a development economist[…]at the University College London…

She describes the overlapping effects of the pandemic, domestic currency reform, tightening of US #sanctions…factors that have combined to produce a sustained and deep economic crisis, resulting in prolonged electricity blackouts, goods shortages and large-scale emigration. She also examines how #US sanctions weaponise international finance and trade, obliging banks to block transactions with #Cuba and ships to turn away from Cuban ports…

We get an insider’s view of collaborative projects …from Cuban scientists turning landfill methane into energy to pioneering next-generation battery technology and developing sustainable urban transit plans.