HybridAmericasCUB

GAESA

Hybrid

No prior score exists, so this is an establishment baseline.

PF Score

37

Authority

62

Reach

22

PF ScoreLast 30 days

Under construction

37Overall

No prior score exists, so this is an establishment baseline. GAESA functions as Cuba's dominant economic conglomerate, controlling an estimated 60-80% of the island's hard-currency flows through tourism, retail, and remittances infrastructure.

62Auth

Monopoly economic control within Cuba, but eroding state capacity constrains grip.

22Reach

Dollar-channel leverage over diaspora flows is narrow and reactive.

Depth: Principal
Council on Foreign Relations·Analytical / LongformMar 17, 2025

Cuba's simultaneous collapse across energy, labor, and foreign exchange pillars represents a structural failure of the post-Soviet socialist economic model, not a cyclical downturn.

WideningMajor Update