Economic Crisis in Cuba

How do I survive in Cuba? This is this Cuban woman's business

Guiteras returns to the SEN, but the previous connection lasted barely 24 hours

"Social media doesn't pay me": Cuban surprises by showing how she makes homemade soaps to sell

"A sneeze and zassss": Cubans tear into Guiteras after another failure just 24 hours after connecting

The Guiteras thermoelectric plant has gone offline again: It was connected to the electrical system for just 24 hours

Lis Cuesta invites to celebrate culture and blames the "imperialists" for the "corrosive daily life" that Cubans experience

Dollar and euro continue to rise in Cuba: here's how the informal market closes this Tuesday

The regime admits that 2.5 million Cubans are affected by water service disruptions due to blackouts

"And that's enough": Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz denounces the privileges of the Cuban elite before the UN

66 years of the embargo on Cuba: what it prohibits, what it allows, and why the regime does not negotiate its lifting

A Cuban finds a child selling avocados in the rain in Cuba, and what he does next is moving

Cuban in Uruguay: "One day you realize that you are no longer surviving, you are living."

Alina Bárbara López: "Cuba needs people to organize from within and support from outside."

The crisis brings down the International Ballet Festival of Havana: the National Ballet celebrates its 78th anniversary with consolation galas

"They spend in one day what Cubans earn in months": The U.S. strikes against the Cuban regime's leadership

A river in Granma gathers dozens of gold seekers in an entirely illegal activity

Bad news for the Cuban economy: CEPAL forecasts a 13% drop in goods exports

At 85 years old, he walks through the fields of Cuba selling brooms to survive: What a Cuban did upon seeing him is truly touching

Not all Cuban families are the same: Cubana offers a reflection that many emigrants needed to hear

Hurtado blames Trump for the blackouts in Cuba, and a pro-government journalist reminds him that "one must know what it feels like to be without electricity."

The dollar is gaining ground, and the euro is losing momentum in the Cuban informal market

Goodbye to Melquíades de Dios Leyva, eminent physicist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Havana

The Cuban government is seeking investors, including emigrants, to recover seven tourist facilities in Cienfuegos

Cuban doctor reveals why many colleagues leave the profession to work in small and medium-sized enterprises (mipymes)

U.S. Embassy launches program for independent Cuban leaders and entrepreneurs

She scored 100 points on her final exam in Medicine, but today she is not practicing: The heart-wrenching testimony of a young Cuban doctor

The Minister of Education acknowledges that the private sector has come to the rescue of the school year in Cuba

Former Minister of the FAR Leopoldo Cintra Frías reappears in Namibia during a fundraising campaign for Cuba

More than 90 hours without electricity: Communist leader acknowledges severity of blackouts in Pinar del Río

Canadian tourists face their first winter without Cuba and are paying up to 400 dollars more to travel to Mexico or the Dominican Republic

Guantánamo is left with just two hours of light per day: Electric Company announces extreme restrictions

Milei points to Cuba, Venezuela, and Argentina as examples of the destruction caused by socialism

This is how the informal market in Cuba ends: The dollar and the euro rise

Official media claims that the government prioritizes care for vulnerable individuals

NGO has allocated $53,000 in aid to the Cuban people: "Directly without intermediaries."

They report the dismantling of the historic Cine Capitolio in Santiago de Cuba: they even took the door during the early morning

"Today, we Cubans are broken-hearted," says Raúl Torres, but without "assigning blame."

Not even with ads: Private businesses in Cuba are left without workers due to salaries of 900 pesos a day that inflation devours

Grandparents who "bear all the garbage of that system," denounces Cuban journalist

Díaz-Canel congratulates the State and Government training school and calls for better "methods and styles of leadership" amid the crisis

Díaz-Canel assures that the economic transformations aim to "reduce inequalities and expand social justice."

The La Maestranza park in Old Havana reopens with free entry for children and a charge of 200 CUP for adults

Díaz-Canel speaks of military invulnerability in a country battered by blackouts, shortages, and lack of water

Abel Prieto admits that Cuba is experiencing "the most difficult moment of the revolution" and insults the U.S. government.

"How could I have imagined that someone would remember me!": Cáritas delivers aid from the U.S. to vulnerable families in Matanzas

Uncontrolled thefts in Guantánamo: solar panels from a funeral home, diesel from a polyclinic, and even mattresses from the University of Medical Sciences

"The little show car": This is how Gerardo Hernández referred to the new Tesla, and internet users responded with mockery

CBS News documents from Havana the healthcare and electrical collapse: doctors without medicines and blackouts lasting nearly all day

"You are the internal blockade," Cubans respond to Bruno Rodríguez and his promotion of the kite festival against the embargo

SUMAI is transporting Chinese goods to Las Novedades in Holguín, as expectations rise for solar panels

Guantánamo offers thousands of hectares of agricultural land, but it acknowledges that only a small portion has irrigation facilities

A state-run cafeteria in Havana has only served chicken once in 2026, according to its manager

When will there be more food in Cuba? The Deputy Minister of Agriculture says it would be "irresponsible" to give an exact timeline

Giant dump reported in Luyanó: More than four months without being collected

Spain plans to allocate 100,000 euros for nutrition, hygiene, and renewable energy for children and youth in Cuba

Economist Elías Amor warns that inflation in Cuba could exceed 40% by the end of the year

Alina Bárbara López: "In Cuba, more than a crisis, one could speak of a civilizational regression."

Economist criticizes that the Housing Law of Cuba does not mention banks

Economist Elías Amor states 176 measures for 2026: "They are missed opportunities."

The regime's diplomat confirms contacts with the U.S., but dismisses any progress towards a serious dialogue