A closer look at Cuba's economy

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published January 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM CST

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Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Ali Velshi, an economics correspondent and anchor at MS Now, about the close ties between Cuba and Venezuela and what the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means for Cuba’s economy.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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