Cuba's economic reforms: Media optimism vs. political reality
By
Iñaki Ezkerra
Summary
The article critiques media coverage of Cuba's economic reforms, arguing that headlines proclaiming "Cuba opens to capitalism" are misleading and driven by a need for good news rather than realism. The author draws a parallel to similar optimistic headlines about China's "socialist market economy" in 1992, suggesting that what these regimes actually do is selectively expand sectors of economic distribution in a calculated response to crisis, not genuine capitalist opening.
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· 4 pulled"Cuba se abre al capitalismo"
"Me recordó al optimismo bienintencionado con el que nuestros telediarios acogieron en 1992 aquella mutación del régimen político de Pekín"
"Los titulares de aquella época son el antecedente de los actuales en alusión al régimen de La Habana: 'China se abre al capitalismo'"
"Lo que pasa con estos regímenes que de pronto dicen abrirse al capitalismo es simplemente que amplían sectores del reparto económico; abren la mano de una manera calculada movidos por una gran crisis."
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