Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

Songo-La Maya: from the sugarcane fields to silence

The only sugar mill in Guantánamo will start by processing sugarcane to produce alcohol, and then it will attempt to make sugar

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

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

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

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

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

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

An important scientist from the Cuban sugar industry has passed away, a 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 state-owned company's bankruptcy: Her 64-year-old father lost his job overnight

The Ministry of Agriculture disappears: Cuba creates a megaministry to control food

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

The sugar harvest fails at the Quintín Bandera mill in Villa Clara: 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 are better off with the modules, but can you give me my mattress?"

They only sell sugar from 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 amidst the crisis

Cubadebate blames the embargo for hunger in Cuba and triggers a wave of mockery

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

Cuba could shrink its economy 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 sugar is missing for the basic basket

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

Cuba and Venezuela: Two Dictatorships in Freefall

Díaz-Canel congratulates the sugar industry 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 sugar cane, and sugar prices continue to rise

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

Díaz-Canel scolds Cuban agricultural producers: "It is not a lack of resources, but a lack of will."

Government calls for "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 light, no salary, and no sugar 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

The 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 ends a disappointing 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 sugar harvest in Guantánamo barely exceeds 38% of the planned target

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

Cuba records its lowest sugar production since the 19th century

The Cuban sugar harvest of 2025 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 its target

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 cane planting, while its sugar industry continues to decline

Minister of Food Industry of 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 Cultivation and Food Production

The pound 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 keep resisting

Two tons of sugar stolen from a central in Artemisa