The Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz called on the Cuban Council of Ministers to “find a different way to face” 2026, acknowledging that, despite approved regulations and decisions, the country's economic results have not met expectations.
During the last meeting of the entity in 2025, Marrero stated that the need to change the approach for the upcoming year is due to the fact that "we have the resources to do so," in reference to recently approved decisions, regulations, and relaxations that, he said, should enable a different way of working and achieve transformations with an impact on economic results.
The head of government stated that one of the fundamental challenges will be to implement what has been approved, identify obstacles and eliminate them, as well as to streamline processes so that all the stakeholders producing in the country have the conditions and support needed to increase production.
He also emphasized the urgency of increasing revenues, particularly in foreign currency, and of reducing expenses, as stated in a report published this Friday on the Presidency's website.
Marrero also referred to "a task that is ongoing, but not at the speed we need, which is the review of all structures and templates, from the territorial ones to each of the agencies of the Central State Administration."
The call to "find a different way to tackle" 2026 comes after the Prime Minister himself acknowledged, at the end of last year, the Government's inability to resolve structural problems such as the garbage crisis in Havana, where he recognized that "one does not see the results" despite the efforts made.
Furthermore, the proposal takes place in a context where President Miguel Díaz-Canel has publicly acknowledged the seriousness of the country's economic situation, characterized by inflation, blackouts, food shortages, and years of declining gross domestic product, with the measures announced so far failing to demonstrate visible impacts on the daily lives of the population.
In this scenario, Marrero concluded that 2026 demands an updated work system, warning that "it's not enough to put in so much effort" if it is not rewarded with results, in an implicit acknowledgment that the management model applied in the previous year did not succeed in reversing the crisis.
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