Juan Antonio Blanco

Juan Antonio Blanco is president of Madrid-based Cuba Siglo 21, which seeks to promote peaceful change toward an open, democratic, and prosperous Cuban society supported by the rule of law and a free market.

October 2025, Volume 36, Issue 4

Cuba’s Mafia State

When the Soviet Union fell, Cuba did not democratize but instead was turned into a raw kleptocracy by Communist Party insiders. Decades later, this “mafia” has driven the country into the worst crisis in its history.