FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The shadow military firm looming over Cuba’s future
Government building in Havana. Photo: Rawf8/Shutterstock
As Washington continues to press for political change in Cuba, an obscure but powerful institution is taking center stage in negotiations: the military conglomerate known as GAESA, which controls most of Havana’s strategic industries, including ports, fisheries, construction, logistics, retail chains, hotels and the vital sectors of foreign trade and international remittances.
The secretive firm dates back…
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