Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

A Cuban family wanted to cultivate sugarcane to produce beverages, but their project was rejected

The Granma sugar mill produced 5,000 tons of sugar with the help of a small and medium-sized enterprise

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

Songo-La Maya: from the sugar cane fields to silence

The only refinery in Guantánamo will begin by grinding cane to produce alcohol and then will attempt to make sugar

Economic embargo or failed model? BBC analyzes why Cuba is unable to feed its population

A pineapple cake almost costs 10,000 pesos: the luxury of having a sweet treat in Cuba, laments a university professor

Even sugar water is lost in Cuba: "The aristocrat in danger of extinction."

Between destruction and abandonment: This is how the Argentina sugar mill stands

Preston, the sugar town that Castroism brought from glory to ruin

A small and medium-sized enterprise rescues the traditional Guayabita del Pinar from productive paralysis

An important scientist in the Cuban sugar sector has passed away, a doctor honoris causa from the University of Oriente

"A giant on the ground": Cubans lament the destruction of a sugar mill in Holguín

Economist Mauricio de Miranda warns that without democracy, reforms in Cuba will create oligarchs

Cubans mock Randy Alonso: "Lenin, Marx, and Engels, come see your disciples, but take them with you."

Cuban woman reports bankruptcy of state company: Her 64-year-old father lost his job overnight

The Ministry of Agriculture disappears: Cuba creates a mega-ministry to control food

The height of the regime: They promise to restore the electric train in Hershey, Matanzas

The harvest at the Quintín Bandera sugar mill in Villa Clara fails: from promising sugar and energy to surviving with animal traction and solar panels

The collapse of the sugar harvest impacts alcohol production for the healthcare system in Cuba

Cuban to Díaz-Canel: "We are better off with the modules, but can you give me my mattress?"

They only sell sugar for April and pasta only for children up to 13 years old in Santiago de Cuba

From producing sugar to betting on stevia: Another experiment by the regime amid the crisis

Cubadebate blames the embargo for hunger in Cuba and triggers an avalanche of mockery

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

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

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

Paradoxes of "development" without supplies: Matanzas prepares candy factory while lacking sugar for the basic basket

Energy crisis forces postponement of the start of the sugar harvest in Villa Clara and jeopardizes sugar in the basic food basket

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 has planted less than half of the planned sugarcane, and sugar prices continue to rise

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

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

Regime appeals 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 salary, and no harvest! Total crisis in a sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila

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

The Antonio Guiteras Central in 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 concludes a bitter harvest with only 27% of the projected sugar

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

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

Granma's sugar harvest in crisis: only 26% of the target achieved and millions in losses

Cuba records its lowest sugar production since the 19th century

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

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

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

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

They monitor 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, while its sugar industry is sinking

Cuba's Minister of Food Industry: “We have the capacity to produce, but there are no raw materials.”

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

Cubans use instant beverages as a substitute for sugar: Another example of "resistance."

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

The Endless Story: Cuban Government Insists on Reviving Sugar Cane Planting and Food Production

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