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How Cuba became a zombie state
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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…

But only if they actually go ahead

The privileged status they have enjoyed since the cold war is slipping away

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