Economic Crisis in Cuba

Government illuminated El Fanguito after residents protested by blocking Avenida 23 in Havana

Energy Minister admits that there are communities in Cuba without electricity for 105 days

Cuban Deputy: "Although it may not seem like it, what we are doing is revolutionary."

When voting becomes a problem: The Cuban regime shifts the goalposts again

Emergency capitalism to save a communist tyranny

Gustavo Petro chooses Cuba for his final trip as president of Colombia

The family-owned Mipyme will take over the ice cream and dairy offerings at Coppelia in Isla de la Juventud

From the architect of the Constitution to the jurist of the 176 measures: The transition that the Cuban regime never explained

This is how Guyana currently stands for emigration: Cuban issues a warning

This is how a mother in Cuba recycles disposable diapers: "It's not the best alternative, but it's the reality."

Resource-strapped Cuban takes in elderly woman who was wandering lost: "I can't take care of her and the government isn't acting."

Religious organizations in Tampa send aid to Cuba: What do the donations include?

Protest in El Fanguito: Cubans block 23rd Street and force the regime to restore electricity

Cuban regime once again postpones the election of delegates to the People's Power

Residents of El Fanguito block Avenida 23 in Havana after more than 48 hours without electricity, water, or gas

"It’s no longer just electricity; now it’s also water": Cuban can’t take it anymore

"Lies": Cubans respond with skepticism to the announcement of rice distribution in Ciego de Ávila

Fire at electrical substation in Santiago de Cuba exacerbates energy crisis in the city

Banging pots in protest against blackouts in Santiago de Cuba

"It's a shame": Cuban doctor reacts to the salary increase

"We are not deviating from the socialist model," says Marrero about capitalist measures in Cuba

"Not noticeable": Cubans reject official report on funding for social programs

"For what they serve and resolve, as if they are not changed": Cubans on municipal delegates

Cubans report corruption and ticket reselling following the announcement of national trains for August

"I don't see any change; on the contrary, every day is worse": Cubans respond with skepticism to Manuel Marrero

"There is no inequality, there are mistakes": Energy Minister justifies the rotation of blackouts in Cuba

Cuban tourism in crisis: 73% of hotels closed and 25,000 workers at home

Marrero warns that Cuba is entering "the most important and perhaps the most difficult" stage of its economic reforms

Marrero asserts that the prolonged blackouts are "the main problem" in Cuba

Cuba cuts 92,000 positions in the ministerial administration, announces Marrero

The Cuban Parliament adds deputies, but no solutions for the population

The U.S. is negotiating with Uruguay to send deported Cubans, reveals The New York Times

They stole all the equipment from a Cuban pastry chef: "They left me with nothing to support my daughter."

"We are dying": Desperation grows in Cuba due to the lack of water and electricity

"Nothing was left at all": What this young man was able to buy with 5 dollars in Cuba

The regime once again blames the U.S. for the misery in Cuba and warns that it will respond with weapons

Influencer Lisa Garci leaves Cuba: "It's the worst and the best day of my life."

The heart-wrenching testimony of a Cuban: "We are living like animals."

Cuban influencer denounces the social crisis: "There are no opportunities in Cuba."

Ulises Toirac on garbage dumps in Havana: “in every neighborhood, an infection”

The Cuban regime says that the privatization of the economy is "for the well-being of the population."

Cuba sets the basic salary for the budgeted sector at 3,210 CUP

Cuba sets the basic salary of a newly graduated doctor at 7,045 CUP, equivalent to about 14 dollars per month

This is how the salaries of doctors and healthcare workers in Cuba stand after the new resolution

"Today I will go without eating": Cuban youth after mipymes refuse to accept transfers

A Cuban travels through La Güinera and updates the prices: "Utopia was far from this horizon."

Church in Las Tunas prepares giant breakfast for 500 people in need

"Down with Canel": Several buildings in Havana woke up like this after a protest

For Díaz-Canel, Cuba's first medalists ceased to exist after Leah Daniela's defection

The economy of control and dependence

Cuba is facing power outages this Tuesday that will leave almost 70% of the island without electricity

Cuban bank admits that retirees have to wake up early to get cash: "Waking up very early is a challenge."

The regime is putting Cubans in a tight spot: eating is difficult and cooking is becoming increasingly expensive

Cuban regime tries to curb mockery of Díaz-Canel with defense of the interview where he spoke about "utopia."

"Eating has now become a luxury": A package of chicken goes from 3,000 pesos to over 7,000 in just a few days in the Isle of Youth

Communist leader on blackouts: "We cannot leave the UNE alone in this fight."

A bicycle for Dainer: Influencer Yeison López reveals he had bought it before the viral challenge

This is what your grandfather receives in retirement in Cuba after more than 40 years of work: "How shocking."

This is what the prices are like at this popular beach in Las Tunas: "You’re going to be left open-mouthed."

Do 5,000 pesos suffice to live in Cuba? Cubans respond with an overview of prices