Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 the US blockade has been strengthened through the Torricelli (1992) and the Helms-Burton acts (1996) which seek to stop foreign trade and penalise foreign investors who deal with Cuba.

This has caused severe shortages of all kinds of everyday goods such as basic educational materials and medical supplies. Yet not one school or hospital has been closed because the Cuban people have refused to be beaten into submission.

By hard work and determination they have preserved the key social gains of their revolution and in recent years begun to rebuild their economy with a growing amount of trade and investment from elsewhere together with aid and solidarity from around the world.

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