Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

Cuba produces less sugar today than in 1899: Economist blames Fidel Castro for destroying the industry

Cuba's economy could shrink by 7.2% in 2026, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit

Las Tunas sets a target of 38,000 tons of sugar for the next harvest following the failure of the previous one

Paradoxes of "development" without resources: Matanzas prepares a candy factory while sugar is lacking for the basic food basket

Energy crisis forces postponement of the sugar harvesting season in Villa Clara and jeopardizes sugar supply for basic consumption

Cuba and Venezuela: Two Dictatorships in Freefall

Díaz-Canel congratulates the sugar sector in a country without sugar: "Another achievement of socialism."

Holguín produced less than ten percent of its sugar plan in the recent harvest

Artemisa is planting less than half of the planned sugarcane, and the price of sugar continues to rise

Díaz-Canel seeks help from China to revive the sugar industry

Díaz-Canel scolds Cuban agricultural producers: “It's not a lack of resources, it's a lack of will.”

Regime turns to "voluntary work" after the worst sugar harvest in over a century

Sugar production in Cuba falls back to its lowest level in over 100 years

No electricity, no pay, and no harvest! Total crisis at a sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila

Destroyed and directionless industry: Cuba can no longer sustain its own development, warns expert

Central Antonio Guiteras de Las Tunas produced only 16% of the sugar plan

Between illusion and inefficiency, Villa Clara has failed to meet its sugar production targets since 2019

Granma ends a bitter harvest with only 27% of the expected sugar

Camagüey produced only 4,000 tons of sugar in the recent harvest

With less than 3,000 tons, the harvest in Guantánamo barely exceeds 38% of the planned target

Granma's sugar harvest in crisis: only 26% of the plan met and million-dollar losses

Cuba reports its lowest sugar production since the 19th century

The 2025 Cuban sugar harvest confirms the structural collapse of a once-strategic sector

Crisis in the industry: Cuba shows the lowest production in 40 years

Crisis in the sugar harvest in Santiago de Cuba: the Dos Ríos mill barely reaches 13 percent of the plan

No sugar, but with pabellón at ExpoCuba: The paradox of the Cuban sugar industry

They are monitoring water quality following an alert for fecal contamination in a supply source in Matanzas

What did the Minister of Food Industry say at the National Assembly?

Cuba projects a 1% GDP growth in 2025 despite the economic crisis

Cuba sends experts to Guyana to improve sugarcane planting as its sugar industry sinks

Minister of Food Industry of Cuba: “We have the capacity to produce, but there is no raw material.”

Sugar reaches 550 pesos per pound in Santiago de Cuba: "It's a luxury to have a spoonful."

Cubans use instant drinks as a substitute for sugar: Another example of "resilience."

Sugar crisis in Cuba: Only 15 mills will operate in the upcoming harvest

The never-ending story: Cuban government insists on reviving sugarcane cultivation and food production

The pound of sugar reaches 500 pesos in Cuba: "I don't feel like it."

Crime in Las Tunas has increased by 8% so far in 2024

Communist leader urges Cubans to continue resisting

Two tons of sugar stolen from a mill in Artemisa

There is no sugar in Cienfuegos despite exceeding the production plan

Cuban woman raises bees due to the lack of sugar in Guantánamo

Government warns of difficulties in the distribution of regulated sugar due to shortcomings in the harvest

In the midst of the crisis in the sugar industry, the government holds a manual cane cutting competition in Granma

Cuba without sugar: "How do we sweeten our children's milk?"

Cuban government confirms delivery of sugar containing iron particles in warehouses

A Cuban woman runs a magnet over the brown sugar and captures pieces of what seems like iron

Cuba had the worst sugar harvest in the last 125 years

Cuban students gift a "central" to Díaz-Canel

Only half of the sugar mills are currently operating during this harvest season in Cuba

Even the scraping goes up in price in Cuba

Russia and Belarus will support the sugar harvest in Cuba with machinery and credits

Crisis in the sugar industry in Cuba: Only 25 mills will operate in the upcoming harvest

Cuban government reduces the basic basket by one pound of sugar

The Cuban state company packages soft drinks in transparent nylon bags due to a lack of raw materials

Neighbors protest at the Gibara store: "It's the same every month."

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for setting fire to sugarcane fields in Sancti Spíritus

Twelve Cubans sanctioned for stealing sugar at a central in Matanzas

In the midst of the shortage of national soft drinks, they present a zero-calorie line

Two Cubans arrested for stealing sugar from a mill in Villa Clara

Cuban man arrested for buying 80 pounds of sugar in Camagüey