Cuba

Cuba’s measures to counter corruption have increased significantly in the last decade under President Raùl Castro. Despite an institutional and legal framework that has some gaps, the institutions with anti-corruption mandates do in fact implement some anti-corruption activities effectively. Indicators show that Cuba now performs slightly better in its measures against corruption than the average country in Latin America.

Cuba’s political atmosphere, characterised by the absence of media freedom, civil society space and free speech, makes it difficult to expose corruption in the country. Due to this secrecy there are many unanswered questions about the nature of corruption in Cuba. For instance, it is uncertain whether the anti-corruption drive targets the main beneficiaries at the top of Cuba’s political and military institutions and to what extent these can engage in corruption with impunity.

In general, however, the closed nature of Cuban institutions and the lack of political, economic and social rights is a source of a number of corruption risks.

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