As the widely acknowledged humanitarian crisis in Cuba intensifies, political figures and conservative pundits alike are blaming the island nation’s leadership, government, and socialist revolution, labeling Cuba a “failed state.” José R. Cabañas Rodríguez, Cuban ambassador to the United States from September 2015 to December 2020, analyzes the criteria that many use to define a “failed state” and suggests that those living in the Yankee ‘paradise’ take a look in the mirror. The article below first appeared on Radio Havana Cuba and is republished for the information of our readers.