Cuban self-employed workers

Activist Mireya Jiménez erupts against Aleida Guevara: "Ordinary Cubans survive thanks to self-employed workers."

Ten families receive bread and food packages for free from a private project in Santa Clara

Díaz-Canel acknowledges that obstacles and prejudices against private entrepreneurs in Cuba persist

Díaz-Canel warns the private sector in Cuba: "It cannot become a space for illegal activities."

Cuban state company seeks private investors to operate 21 commercial premises in Villa Clara

Private economic actors deliver juices to the pediatric hospital in Las Tunas due to a shortage of pureed foods for children

Private bar in Amancio becomes a payment point for pensions due to the incapacity of the banking system in Las Tunas

Economist responds: Can small and medium-sized enterprises be free under a dictatorship?

They prohibit connecting children's rides to the power supply in Cienfuegos, and they have to move them by hand

Offensive against private businesses in Las Tunas results in 22 establishments closed and eight licenses revoked

Ulises Aquino is stepping down following his remarks referring to the work done in self-employment as "cancer," which targeted the daughter of Che Guevara

For the regime's elite, private entrepreneurship is a cancer that is tolerated, not a freedom that is celebrated

Self-employed workers in Santiago de Cuba are reporting fines of 16,000 pesos for not accepting transfers

Ulises Aquino to the regime: "They know nothing about the economy, but they know how to maintain their unproductive bureaucracy at the expense of the people."

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart": the young Cuban who sells peanuts in Matanzas responded to the wave of support she received on social media

Young Cuban makes a living selling peanuts in Matanzas

Multan a un barbero cubano con 16,000 pesos por no tener facturas de los insumos que recibe del extranjero

Las Tunas identifies 24 individuals for "abusive and speculative prices" after thousands of inspections

“There is no middle ground”: authorities in Guantánamo threaten fines for those who do not accept payments by transfer

Havana government turns against noisy bike taxis: fines, confiscations, and threats of criminal prosecution

The Havana government threatens private businesses with closures of up to three months for abusive and speculative pricing

Businesses are fined and shut down for violating payment gateway regulations in Sancti Spíritus

Cuban bakery loses 15,000 pesos and all its production due to power outages: "Are they selling our electricity to others?"

Díaz-Canel acknowledges the fear of the growth of private capital in Cuba

Cuban recalls the Maceta Plan and the Rastrillo Plan: "What happened, authorities?"

Animal rights activist erupts in response to rejection of 20 peso bills in Mayabeque: "Neither I nor my family will go without food."

Cuban shows how they make a living on the streets of Cuba

The Cuban regime threatens to enforce the law against vendors who do not accept transfers

What is needed to invest in Cuba? This Cuban's answer surprises thousands

Cubana highlights the high price of juices and laments the hit to their wallet

A Cuban woman says that with this profession she was able to buy her house and car in Cuba: "I never imagined."

Electric tricycles with solar panels, the only ones that survive power outages and fuel shortages in Cuba

Governor of Granma demands that micro, small, and medium enterprises, as well as self-employed individuals, address issues that the State has been neglecting for decades

Cuban feels cheated by the government: "They are stealing my youth."

"New fear unlocked": Cuban self-employed worker reports that inspectors are withdrawing all cash from businesses

Multan with 28,000 pesos a Cuban self-employed worker: "One didn’t have the price and the other did"

More companies, fewer limits: The new regulations for the private sector in Cuba

Cuban government reforms trademark law after 26 years: Here are the updates

Banking integration clashes with reality: less than 10% of private businesses in Sancti Spíritus accept transfers

The Cuban regime will be able to freeze bank accounts "without delay and without prior notification."

Cuban regime assesses the incorporation of private actors to generate electricity amid energy crisis

A Russian who lives in Cuba shares her experience visiting La Cuevita: "It's like India, Haiti."

The government trains officials to enforce a regulation that requires private entities to report crimes and terrorism

The Cuban government will cross-reference financial data to detect tax evasion and potential fraud

"It was mandatory to impose fines": Report exposes arbitrariness of the inspection system in Cuba

A Cuban sends a message to Díaz-Canel and sparks a debate about change in Cuba

Director of an NGO in Cuba calls for training young Cubans for "real life" and less state control

Fake inspector arrested for defrauding private businesses in Havana

And now to pay taxes to the ONAT

Cuban woman reports bank fees and cash withdrawal limits in Cuba: "They charge you for withdrawing money."

Price controls do not resolve inflation in Cuba

Fuel crisis in Cuba jeopardizes 96% of SMEs

Tourists thank a transport driver in Havana with an emotional gesture

Tariff exemptions for raw materials are extended to both the private and state sectors in Cuba

Tiendas Caribe opens wholesale service in dollars in Havana, provoking controversy: How much does a box of chicken cost?

Allegations of inspectors' abuse in Santiago de Cuba: Is such a high fine for that infraction?

"Being born poor in Cuba was my advantage": Cuban shares how he went from scarcity in Centro Habana to making his first million in Miami

Cuban regime authorizes the purchase of foreign currency for Mipymes and other non-state actors under strict state control

A self-employed worker in Havana refuses to accept low-denomination bills, official press reports

Thief in a café in Marianao while the owners were at the hospital with their sick son