One step forward, one step back
Without a doubt, Cuba is something of an enigma - a sun-kissed island seen as a throwback to Cold War isolation, yet at the same time welcoming millions of visitors from around the world each year. It is number one in worldwide sustainable development, according to the . And now it is again at odds with the United States - its closest and most powerful neighbour - following a U-turn by a Trump administration set on rolling back the warming of relations commenced by President Barack Obama. Cuba is a land that conjures up 1960s images of the Cuban Crisis - of a young US president edging to the brink of war with the island’s then protector, the USSR. It is a land filled with colour, a renowned music and arts scene, an almost 100 per cent literacy rate, and free healthcare. Yet in the midst of the mythology and rhetoric surrounding Cuba, women entrepreneurs are
