Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

Economic embargo or failed model? BBC analyzes why Cuba cannot feed its population

A pineapple cake costing nearly 10,000 pesos: the luxury of enjoying a sweet treat in Cuba, laments a university professor

Even sugar water is lost in Cuba: "The endangered milord"

Between destruction and abandonment: This is the Argentina sugar mill

Preston, the sugar town that Castro's regime led from splendor to ruin

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

An important scientist in the Cuban sugar sector has passed away, Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Oriente

"A giant on the ground": Cubans mourn 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-owned 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 fails at the Quintín Bandera sugar mill in Villa Clara: from promising sugar and energy to surviving with animal traction and solar panels

The collapse of the sugar harvest strikes 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 from April and pasta exclusively 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 unleashes a wave of mockery

Cuba produces less sugar today than 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 goal 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 sugar is lacking for the basic basket

Energy crisis forces postponement of the harvest in Villa Clara and puts basic basket sugar at risk

Cuba and Venezuela: Two Dictatorships in Free Fall

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 continues to increase in price

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

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

The regime appeals for "voluntary work" after the worst sugar cane harvest in over a century

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

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

Destructive industry and aimlessness: 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 sugar harvest with only 27% of the expected yield

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 achieved and millions in losses

Cuba records the lowest sugar production since the 19th century

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

Industry Crisis: Cuba Exhibits Lowest Production in 40 Years

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

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

They are monitoring water quality following a warning about 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 declines

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 sodas as a substitute for sugar: Another demonstration of "resistance."

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

The Never-Ending Story: Cuban Government Insists on Reviving Sugarcane Planting and Food Production

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

Crime in Las Tunas rises 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 having exceeded the production plan

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