“John Suarez examines how Cuba’s kleptocracy funnels power to a ruling elite, controlling the economy without oversight. This system relies on crime, fraud, and money laundering, while ordinary Cubans face deepening poverty. An eye-opening piece.” – Politics And Rights Review, on Blue Sky, May 13, 2025.
This article published today in Politics and Rights Review, is also available in Spanish and French and is the basis for the presentation made at the Hudson Institute on May 1, 2025.
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara marlin fishing off the coast of Cuba in 1960 during the Hemingway Tournament on a yacht. ( Public domain )
Politics and Rights Review
Cuba’s Kleptocracy: How It Operates and Why It Matters
Behind the revolutionary rhetoric lies a kleptocracy – a system built on corruption, power, and control.
A kleptocracy is defined as “a society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country’s resources.” It is organized corruption on a grand scale, by political leaders for their personal enrichment. The Castro regime has not only stolen Cuba’s resources, but those of other countries, and inserted itself into transnational criminal networks to both enrich itself, and pursue ideological objectives to export its governing model.
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https://politicsrights.com/cuba-kleptocracy-why-it-matters/