Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

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

Between destruction and abandonment: This is the state of the Argentina sugar mill

Preston, the sugar town that Castroism brought from splendor 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 Honoris Causa doctor 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, the reforms in Cuba will create oligarchs

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

Cuban woman reports bankruptcy of state-owned company: Her father, 64 years old, 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 sugar harvest at the Quintín Bandera mill in Villa Clara fails: from promising sugar and energy to surviving with animal traction and solar panels

Collapse of the sugar harvest hits alcohol production for the healthcare system in Cuba

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

They only sell sugar in 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 a crisis

Cubadebate blames the embargo for hunger in Cuba and triggers 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 target of 38,000 tons of sugar for the next 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 sugarcane harvest in Villa Clara and jeopardizes sugar availability in the basic basket

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

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

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

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

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

Without power, without pay, and without harvest! Total crisis in a sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila

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

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

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

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

Camagüey only produced 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 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 after a warning about fecal contamination in a supply source in Matanzas

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

Cuba is projecting 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

Minister of Food Industry in Cuba: “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 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 Planting and Food Production

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

Crime in Las Tunas increases 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 shortage of sugar in Guantánamo

The government warns of difficulties in the distribution of regulated sugar due to deficiencies in the harvest

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