BBC / R. PLUMMER / Overview /
Cuba's struggling socialist system is slowly getting a dose of economic evolution.
The centrally planned economy is changing but without large-scale market reforms...while still heavily in debt.
The Paris Club lists Cuba as its second-biggest debtor...owing $30.4bn as of 2009.
China, one of the island's biggest recent benefactors, is now pushing Cuba to modernize because Beijing is tired of its continual loan repayment failures.
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