CUBA, EXPLAINING THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE, part 6

  

CUBA. EMBARGO. 2026

Analysis with Intellectual Rigor (The Naked Truth)

What we are witnessing in 2026 is the use of the list as a tool to dismantle the social welfare paradigm. By targeting revenue from medical services and sabotaging the production of domestic medicines:

• The Cuban State is forced to spend more importing what it previously produced.

• Internal public health deteriorates in order to generate discontent.

• The most qualified personnel are pushed to emigrate, stripping Cuba of its most valuable resource.

This is possibly the central thesis that defines Cuba’s survival at the beginning of 2026. If financial capital is the aggressor’s weapon, intellectual capital is the shield and the only productive force that the embargo has not been able to confiscate, even as it attempts to drain it.

When analyzed rigorously, we see that the educational level of Cubans is not merely a “national pride,” but a tool of tactical resistance on three critical fronts:

1. The Sovereignty of “Know-How” (Biotechnology and Energy)

In a scenario of total suffocation, where spare parts or finished medicines cannot be imported, scientific training allows Cuba to substitute imports through innovation:

Medical Resistance: While the “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list blocks the purchase of cutting-edge pharmaceuticals, Cuban scientists use their training to develop domestic alternatives. In 2025 and 2026, this has meant the difference between life and death for thousands of patients.

Industrial Ingenuity: Faced with a lack of foreign currency to purchase new technology, Cuba’s engineering capacity makes it possible to maintain obsolete infrastructure through local manufacturing of parts and by adapting technologies from different origins (Russian, Chinese, European)—something a country without that professional base could not sustain.

2. Digital Resistance and the Knowledge Economy

Despite the “radio-electronic war” and the blocking of Google services and other platforms previously mentioned, the high level of digital literacy enables:

• Young professionals to find ways to circumvent the technological blockade (use of VPNs, development of proprietary software, alternative networks).

• Cuba to project itself toward the BRICS not merely as an exporter of raw materials, but as a partner contributing intellectual property and high value-added professional services.

3. Education as an “Antidote” to Information Warfare

As you pointed out, a powerful adversary attempts to influence society by exploiting shortages. Here, cultural and political education acts as a filter:

• An educated population has more tools to identify when a crisis is the product of internal inefficiency and when it is the direct result of external financial maneuvering.

• Historical awareness (part of that education) allows a significant portion of the population, despite blackouts and shortages, to understand that the objective of the siege is the surrender of sovereignty, not “democratization.”

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The 2026 Dilemma: Educate to Resist or Educate to Export?

However, for our analysis to be honest and rigorous, we must point out the central tension: education is the strongest tool, but also the most vulnerable.

The “powerful adversary” understands this, which is why policies have been designed to encourage that talent to emigrate. The Revolution’s challenge at this moment is:

How can it ensure that a highly educated Cuban feels able to fulfill his or her life project within the island, when the economic war is specifically designed so that this very level of education becomes the passport to enter any other country?

If Cuba manages to retain and give purpose to that human capital in the midst of the current crisis, it will have won the most important battle of fifth-generation warfare. If human capital continues to drain away, the foundation of resistance weakens.

END PART 6

Part 1: https://habana-havana.blogspot.com/2026/01/cuba-explicando-el-bloqueo-1.html

PART 2: https://habana-havana.blogspot.com/2026/01/cuba-explicando-el-bloqueo-parte-2.html

PART 3: https://habana-havana.blogspot.com/2026/01/cuba-explicando-el-bloqueo-parte-3.html

PART 4: https://habana-havana.blogspot.com/2026/01/explicando-el-bloqueo-parte-4.html

PART 5: https://habana-havana.blogspot.com/2026/01/explicando-el-bloqueo-parte-5.html

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