Capitalismo a lo castrista: La Habana promete cambios económicos, sin ceder el control político

Cuba is promising economic changes under a "Castroist" style of capitalism, while maintaining political control, according to the country's leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel. In June, Díaz-Canel acknowledged that Cuba is facing its most difficult period in the 21st century and that urgent and necessary changes are unavoidable. The country has allowed several crises and exoduses to occur over the decades, delaying the announcement that Cuba must open up to the market.

Díaz-Canel admitted that it was a painful decision to restructure the country's economy, as it goes "against the concepts in which one has forged, been educated." He recognized that they have essentially mortgaged, at least publicly, the principles of socialism.