State economy

Cuba: 67 Years of Broken Promises

Economist Elías Amor warns that inflation in Cuba could exceed 40% by the end of the year

Economist criticizes that Cuba's Housing Law does not mention banks

Economist Elías Amor remarks on 176 measures for 2026: "They are missed opportunities."

The Cuban government opens the door to private investment in refineries and fuel storage

"The non-state sector is ours": Díaz-Canel's phrase that helps to understand Trump's measures on micro, small, and medium enterprises in Cuba

The regime's reaction to the new OFAC measures reveals the true political value of small and medium-sized enterprises

Marrero advocates for the socialist state enterprise and congratulates the officials who are "already changing" their mindset

Are Mipymes the problem in Cuba? Elías Amor responds emphatically: the regime is to blame

Díaz-Canel, kneeling before Cuban private entrepreneurs

Florida raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour starting September 30

Socialist economy, nationalizations, and structural crisis in Cuba

An economist compares Cuba to a bankrupt company: "Whoever has the resources must take power."

From 35 billion to a new Cuban business class: The exile's plan to rebuild Cuba

This is the roadmap of 13 pillars for rebuilding Cuba after the end of Castroism

Economist Pedro Monreal warns: The 176 measures of the regime lack a macroeconomic anchor

Capitalism may enter Cuba through the economy, but not through the ballot box

Cuba cuts 92,000 positions in ministerial administration, announces Marrero

The Cuban state economy is collapsing: Sales are down by 29% and profits by 31%, according to the ONEI

The state economy is sinking: Nearly 400 Cuban companies are operating at a loss

Elías Amor warns about risks for micro, small, and medium enterprises that pay pensions in Cuba

Are all state workers now "vulnerable"? What the new salary scale from the regime reveals

Even Cimex is struggling with its own business: it bids for 12 establishments in Sancti Spíritus

"The invisible hand of the State": Monreal dismantles the regime's rhetoric on its financial planning model

Díaz-Canel advocates for greater autonomy for state-owned enterprises amid new economic reforms

The Cuban regime will allow the inheritance of land granted in usufruct

State-owned companies will be able to set salaries, prices, and create subsidiaries as part of the 176 economic measures

ONAT activates automatic collection of tax debts: Here's how it will work

Díaz-Canel calls for "creating wealth": the regime in Cuba embraces market discourse amidst the economic collapse

Díaz-Canel is trying to shore up a CTC that is increasingly questioned by workers

Cuban economist: the government lost years by halting reforms it labeled as "capitalist" and now considers essential

The Cuban regime seeks to increase revenue and investments with a comprehensive tax reform

Foreigners will be able to invest directly in private Cuban companies

The food crisis forces the Cuban regime to change the rules of the countryside

Cuban regime acknowledges for the first time the legitimate growth of private wealth

The regime acknowledges that the market must play a greater role in the Cuban economy

Fewer ministries and bureaucracy: the regime's plan to slim down the state

Almost half of the working-age people in Sancti Spíritus are unemployed

Ulises Toirac on measures announced by Díaz-Canel: "Is a flag of socialism being lowered?"

Many promises, few details: The unanswered questions left by Díaz-Canel's new economic package

Díaz-Canel asks for ideas to save Cuba, and Cubans respond: "We can give ideas, but you won't like them."

"To be prosperous is the only way to be good": Ulises Aquino advocates for economic freedom against the state-centric model of the regime in Cuba

Amid deficits and budgetary mismanagement, the PCC in Havana calls to correct "negative trends" in the economy

"Return the resources to the Cuban people": How can the fortunes of dictatorships be recovered?

Marco Rubio's advisor on GAESA: "The regime must return the resources to the Cuban people."

Economist Pedro Monreal: "Cuba has missed the train of reforms from China and Vietnam."

Cuba worse than Haiti and worse than the Special Period: the economy has dropped by 26% since 2020

Díaz-Canel insists on his strategy to deal with the pressure from the Trump administration

"Optimizing the state sector in Cuba? The impossible mission has new decrees."

Marco Rubio insists: There will be no economic improvement in Cuba without a change in the system

Bruno Rodríguez asserts that the socialist system in Cuba is "viable" and that the U.S. is aware of it

Millions in "renewable energy" for Cuba... and the country remains in darkness

Cuban regime opens the door for expatriates to invest and conduct business in Cuba

Regime announces "painful reorganization process for the population": What is the Díaz-Canel government plotting?

Havana offers dialogue, but without ceding power: The regime's red lines before Washington

The Constitution, the economy, and the socialist system: The issues that the Cuban regime is unwilling to discuss with the U.S.

Cuba, two currencies and a lie: The Central Bank's "floating rate" flounders in the face of the real market

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

Nephew of the Castros announces "direct hiring" of Cubans by foreign companies

The Hydra of Distortions: The regime "has decided to plan more distortions," according to a Cuban economist