Cuba’s ambitious plan to unify its currency has instead unleashed runaway inflation, crippling shortages and a thriving black market, leaving ordinary Cubans to pay the price. With the economy in freefall and the Party’s credibility eroding in the age of social media, Cuba’s socialist system faces the gravest crisis in its history. When thousands took to the streets in 2021 demanding change, the government responded with mass arrests and decade-long prison sentences. Through the voices of historians, musicians and those who dared to protest, Ulkolinja asks the question Cuba can no longer avoid: how much longer can the revolution survive?
