Cuban professionals in economic sciences have pointed out, within their network, that understanding the 23 axes and 176 economic and social transformations recently approved requires a shift in mindset. They also underscored the importance of placing the worker and the population at the core of all objectives and aspirations.

Through this platform, promoted by the National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba, ideas on such measures continue to be received. As one of its members stated, attempting to implement all of them in record time and with synchronization will be a task fit for titans.

It has also been said that today’s world is a market-driven one, and it is precisely there that Cuban socialism must confront its survival, amid the hostility and blockades imposed by the U.S. government.

Other opinions point to the need for Foreign Trade entities, enterprises, and territories to finally understand the urgency of exporting and attracting external financing.

This constitutes a priority, along with achieving banking credibility, which presupposes restoring the autonomy and reliability of the financial system and revising monetary policy.

For some economists, these two proposals would lead a first cluster, which would also include everything related to the recovery of the electro-energy matrix, food production, protection for the most vulnerable sectors, and the “shielding” of the health sector with all available means.

They also consider as priorities governance and governability with respect for the people, directly engaging with their problems and concerns, and incorporating municipal Popular Power assemblies and mass organizations—all in their respective functions—into this colossal battle for the nation’s survival.

In turn, several specialists warn that the 176 measures must be accompanied or preceded by broad and effective social communication; otherwise, their scope cannot be understood or assimilated by the population and economic actors. To this end, they stress, “a change in mentality is required, since today’s challenges are complex and difficult, though surmountable.”