For almost six decades, Cuba’s economy has been severely affected as a result of trade blockade by US. — Picture from pxhere.com
But, life on the relatively small Caribbean island couldn’t be more different from that of its more developed neighbour. As US-Cuba relations got worsen, then US president John F. Kennedy placed an official blockade on all trades between both countries on February 3, 1962, and it has since been in place.Refusing to give in, Castro placed education and arts top priority to fight against illiteracy and preserve the country’s cultural heritage.
The aim was to give Cuban people equal right and possibility to access and participate in the country’s cultural development. After the revolution, the Cuban art scene became rather divided when some of the artists left the island to pursue their careers in exile.