Marino Murillo

(n. 1961) The so-called czar of Cuban economic reforms holds a degree in Economics. He served as Vice President of the Council of Ministers and was a member of the Council of State. He held various positions and responsibilities, including serving as Minister of Economy and Planning from 2009 to 2011. In September 2014, he was appointed Minister of Economy and Planning, a role he alternated with that of Vice President of the Government and Head of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development, until he was released from the ministerial position on July 13, 2016, opting to remain as Vice President and Head of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development.

"Late Chinese Reforms": Opponents and analysts express their views on Díaz-Canel's economic measures

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

Elías Amor reveals who created GAESA and how it controls the Cuban economy

Cuban court imposes liquidation on Italian company after nearly 20 years of conflict

National survey: Díaz-Canel faces absolute rejection of the government of Cuba

The revolution devours its own children: The trial of Gil reopens the long list of those sacrificed by Castroism

Amelia Calzadilla dismantles the official narrative about El Toque: the problem is the government and its forced dollarization

Cuban economist contradicts the regime's chancellor: The informal market is a result of poor internal economic design

Marino Murillo sells the first batch of 150 tractors to tobacco farmers in MLC

Marino Murillo inaugurates a store in MLC for tobacco producers

Tabacuba is the trap: What is hidden behind the sale of Mercedes-Benz to Cuban tobacco farmers?

President of Tabacuba promises to "improve living conditions" for workers, without mentioning decent wages

Silvio Rodríguez denounces the loss of national dignity following the luxurious party at the Habano Festival in the Capitol

Criollo cigars are in short supply while Tabacuba celebrates meeting their production goals

Cuban government will distribute fuel directly to tobacco producers: "In previous years, only 40% reached the field."

Ulises Toirac jokes about Cuba: "Everything is still moving along just as Murillo promised, all hefty and with his millionaire's watch."

Cuban regime secures 721 million dollars in tobacco sales in 2024

Gerardo Hernández in Olympic mode: Rolex, tobacco, and "rifle"

Marrero Cruz on state-owned enterprises: "We let them deteriorate to later justify their privatization."

Cuban regime triples the price of tractors sold to farmers in Pinar del Río

"This farm belongs to the government": Tabacalero de Hoyos de Monterrey acknowledges that he does not own the land

Cuban regime acknowledges failure of the “economic reshuffling” and will cease its implementation

Families affected by the collapse in Havana are being relocated to a facility in terrible conditions

Government sells 270 tractors for dollars to tobacco producers

Tobacco farmers in Pinar del Río will fail to meet planting goals

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Castrismo devours soldiers, but the little room is worse off

Marino Murillo will be excluded from the new Cuban Parliament

Delays in tobacco production in Pinar del Río

Large fire in the tobacco region of Pinar del Río has been extinguished

Cuba reduces by 20 percent the areas designated for tobacco cultivation

Large fire at the tobacco selection facility in San Antonio de los Baños

Pinar del Río reduces tobacco planting by more than 2,400 hectares for 2022

Economist Pedro Monreal notes that inflation is the greatest evidence of the failure of the economic system

Tobacco growers report that Marino Murillo has reduced the payment in MLC to the farmers

The Government of Cuba is preparing measures to rectify the monetary ordering

Marino Murillo appointed president of Tabacuba

El Bacán to Murillo: "What needs to be sorted out is the suitcase and to turn back on foot to Manzanillo."

Díaz-Canel deactivates the Commission for the Implementation of Economic Guidelines in the country

Marino Murillo warns about inflation of 6,900% in the Cuban informal market

Ulises Toirac warns the government after Murillo's speech: "The 15th is coming, and a lot of people are going to take to the streets."

Cubans respond to Murillo and his order: "The people can’t take it anymore."

Luis Silva to Murillo: "That arrangement has been like three more pandemics for the Cuban family."

Journalist José Raúl Gallego on Carlos Lage's video: "Nothing good can be expected from these people."

Cuba's Electric Union complains about unpaid bills in a year marked by crisis and blackouts

José Daniel Ferrer describes the situation in today's Cuba and calls for freedom to remedy it

Marino Murillo explains with Raúl Castro's words how to enhance the development of the socialist enterprise in Cuba

In Cuba, there is a government in Cuban pesos and another in MLC

Once again, the government wants to "solve" the agricultural problem in Cuba

Head of reform, Marino Murillo, is excluded from the Political Bureau and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba

The Castro government violates its own laws by delaying publication in the Official Gazette

Cuban farmer harvests a giant sweet potato weighing 31 pounds in Holguín

Mother blames Díaz-Canel for the suffering of millions of Cubans

Murillo admits that Cubans forced a revision of the economic package

The Cuban government assures that electricity rates will not increase further, at least not this year

Cuban father to Díaz-Canel: "My daughter cries for a lollipop or a cookie that I can't buy for her."

Díaz-Canel: "The ordering defends social justice, but not with equalitarianism."

Díaz-Canel does not attend the MEP event, the "main headquarters of the Cuban economy."

Cubadebate removes the survey that showed popular rejection of the economic reforms

Cubadebate gives the last rites to comrade Murillo and his turmoil