Crisis of the sugar industry in Cuba

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

The ultimate irony of the regime: They promise to restore the Hershey electric train in 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

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 sell only 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 in the midst of 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 could see its economy shrink 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 resources: Matanzas prepares candy factory while sugar is lacking for the basic basket

Energy crisis forces postponement 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 plants less than half of the planned amount of sugarcane, and sugar prices continue to rise

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 "volunteer work" after the worst sugar harvest in over a century

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

Without light, without salary, and without 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 targets since 2019

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

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

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

Sugar harvest in Granma in crisis: only 26% of the plan and million-dollar 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 Shows 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 cultivation, while its sugar industry collapses

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 soft drinks as a substitute for sugar: Another example of "resilience."

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

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

The price 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 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 sugarcane cutting competition in Granma

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

Cuban government confirms delivery of sugar with iron particles in warehouses

A Cuban 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 operating in the current harvest in Cuba

Even the scraping is rising in price in Cuba

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

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