Cuba’s SSOT Trap

U.S. State Sponsor of Terrorism listing triggers banking, insurance, and travel de‑risking that strangles Cuba’s tourism economy, deepens shortages, and fuels migration; rather than topple the PCC, the chokehold entrenches repression and policy stasis. — Clarifies how categorical terror labels act as de facto financial blockades with humanitarian and migration spillovers, informing debates on the aims, ethics, and efficacy of sanctions as regime‑change tools.