At one point Cuba exported 60% of the world's sugar. The USSR paid 5-10x the global market price for Cuban sugar to prop up their fellow regime. But when the U

At one point Cuba exported 60% of the world's sugar. The USSR paid 5-10x the global market price for Cuban sugar to prop up their fellow regime. But when the USSR dissolved Cuba had no one else willing to be its patron and it’s economy wasn’t designed for the real price. There are nice buildings around Havana, gorgeous colonial mansions for the chosen few. Most people live with 3 families crammed into an apartment designed for one.