Castro backs Cuba reforms amid crippling US blockade

3 days ago

Cuba's powerful ex-president, Raul Castro, has thrown his weight behind liberal reforms aimed at reviving the collapsing economy in the face of a crippling US blockade. The Cuban government has announced a series of fast-track reforms to open more sectors to private investment, attract more capital from Cubans living abroad and shrink the state. President Miguel Diaz-Canel has presented the measures —