{"id":196952,"date":"2019-04-16T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=196952"},"modified":"2019-04-15T22:17:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T02:17:39","slug":"how-will-cuba-avoid-a-second-special-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/how-will-cuba-avoid-a-second-special-period\/","title":{"rendered":"How will Cuba avoid a second Special Period?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba established “clear” priorities in a plan until 2030 to avoid at all costs relapsing into a serious crisis similar to the so-called “special period” of the 1990s, given the renewed pressures from the United States and the inefficiency of its economy, announced this Saturday President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The severity of the moment requires establishing clear and well-defined priorities, so as not to return to the difficult moments of the ‘special period,'” D\u00edaz-Canel said at the close of an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, which approved the new Constitution last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The president, who next Friday will have served one year as head of state, acknowledged that Cuba still carries “the burden of administrative inefficiency, import mentality, lack of savings and insufficient income from exports.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“We can\u2019t exclude the manifestations of corruption and illegalities, unacceptable in the Revolution,” said the president, who outlined “two absolute priorities: preparation for defense and economic battle.”<\/span><\/p>\n