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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

An upheaval beckons in an increasingly miserable country

Cuba faces deepening divisions as fuel shortages, power cuts and food scarcity worsen amid America's oil embargo and the state's…

The Economist understands that American officials are considering sending fuel to the island to stave off a humanitarian crisis

America's pressure campaign against Cuba has forced the regime to negotiate a potential deal that could open the island to US…

State cash and “unbundled” schools offer parents wide choices