The army and the resortsIn December 2019, just before COVID hit, Cuban President Raul Castro named Manuel Marrero Cruz as Cuba's first prime minister in over 30 years. Even as the pandemic gripped Cuba and tourism plunged, Cuba's Communist government was able to find Canadian partners. He said foreign hotel chains typically have one of two types of arrangements with the Cuban state or military. Cuban hotel workers take home only a tiny fraction of what their counterparts in Cancun or the Dominican Republic earn for similar work. Opinions are divided on whether Canadian tourists might, by staying away, hasten the fall of Cuba's one-party state.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2021 07:52 UTC