Geographically, Cuba is a logistics masterpiece, a maritime bridge between the Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, and the U.S. East Coast shipping lanes. And yet, in the summer of 2025, it remains a missing piece in Caribbean logistics trade. The cause? Not infrastructure. Not geography. But a persistent mesh of sanctions, systemic rigidity, and diplomatic inertia.
Still, momentum is building beneath the surface. The real question is no longer if Cuba will return to the regional maritime map — but how fast, and how far its impact will reach.
Strategic Location, Chronically Underutilized
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, with a coastline exceeding 5,700 kilometers — longer than that of all Central American countries combined. Its location places it just:
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