The Tribulations Of A Socialist In A Socialist Paradise

A liberal journalist goes to Cuba expecting to document Trump’s damage. The Cubans have other ideas.

Luis Gonzalez | November 1, 2026

Worth's questions about American policy produced another revealing exchange. During nine days of travel, he had not met a single person who blamed Donald Trump or the United States for their situation. He sometimes reminded people about the blockade and asked whether conditions had worsened. Retired engineer Guillermo Almeida told him he saw no change since January. Venezuelan oil, he explained, had not been reaching ordinary Cubans anyway. Another man offered a concise explanation: “It seems to us that the real embargo is inside of Cuba.” Worth's questions suggest he was trying to establish the consequences of Trump's blockade. The Cubans' answers kept taking him back to the consequences of their own government.

Worth acknowledged that the pandemic devastated tourism and reduced remittances from relatives........

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