Torres Is Wrong About Cuba

Published June 29, 2005

Re: "The Other Trade" (Embassy, June 22), I would like to clarify some points. It is untrue that Cuba's economy is bankrupt. Despite the tightening of the economic blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba and the loss of our main trade partner and market in the early '90's, our economy has steadily recovered during the past years. Let's provide some figures: the GDP has grown three per cent annually. Tourism...