Private businesses in Cuba

Blackouts turn ice sales into a booming business in Cuba

Cuban woman surprised by prices during visit to the National Aquarium: "More private businesses than fish."

Ulises Aquino to the regime: "They don't know about the economy, but they know how to sustain their unproductive bureaucracy at the expense of the people."

Laritza Camacho wants an idea-driven business in her neighborhood: "Let’s remove together the trash that stinks and the one that brings order and lies."

Luxury-priced gas in Santiago de Cuba: 65,000 for a full tank and 75,000 for a small cylinder

From public service to private business: a small business will charge 100 CUP for garbage collection in Isla de la Juventud

Cienfuegos hands over the management of 47 butcher shops to private operators due to a shortage of products

The government conducts inspections: Sancti Spíritus mobilizes the Prosecutor's Office, the Comptroller's Office, and the Party to control prices in private businesses

Five pesos that no one wants to receive: a resident of Holguín launches a solidarity initiative to restore their value

Official media says the Cuban state can do "little or nothing" in the face of inflation

Bandec in Guantánamo promises credits and other benefits to private small and medium-sized enterprises that pay pensions to retirees

Government of Havana: "232 businesses inspected and 15 closures in a single day."

Not paying for electricity: UNE failures leave online banking out of service in Havana

"Not even little Martina the cockroach is going to come to invest": Cubans facing over 200 fines and business closures in Sancti Spíritus

"It's not about price caps": Holguín will ensure that the profit margin on essential goods does not exceed 30%

fined 16,000 pesos by a Cuban barber for not having invoices for materials received from abroad

Inspectors fine an entrepreneur and his retired worker 48,000 pesos while hunger intensifies in Cuba

The regime closes several businesses in Centro Habana for refusing to accept transfers

Cuban communists rebel against the regime's economic shift: "Pure and unadulterated capitalism"

The CIA is after the money of the Cuban elite: It will track businesses and opaque flows both on and off the island

The SEN will pay 90 CUP for each kWh of renewable energy that Cubans inject into the grid

"Go to the TRD and CIMEX": Cubans facing inspections of private businesses in Havana

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

Political analyst: In Cuba, "socialism was never the end... but rather the chosen instrument to maintain power."

Cuban bank warns: no establishment can decide which banknotes it accepts

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

Cuba purchased nearly 96 million dollars in fuel from the U.S. during the first half of 2026

Businesses in Bayamo shut down for not accepting payment by transfer: "They will be audited by the ONAT."

Cuba privatizes cafeterias for vulnerable people and seeks investors

The Granma government calls on private food and hygiene importers to seek "joint solutions to the blockade."

What is Mercado de Abasto? This is how the new wholesale market approved by the Cuban government will operate

They fine and close businesses for failing to comply with payment gateways in Sancti Spíritus

Cuban warns about business behind the misery in Cuba: "How much longer?"

Neither bars nor alarms prevent the second robbery of a private business in Cárdenas in less than a year

Regime unveils new store in Bayamo: "All products can be paid for via transfers"

State Security arrests Cuban in Camagüey for recording prices at a private business

Cuban woman denounces the uncontrolled rise in prices: "There is no brake, there is no stop anymore."

From "Trump is Hitler" to "Trump can invest in Cuba": The surprising discursive shift of the regime

Trump Island: The questions raised by the unexpected project that connects the Cuban regime with the Emirates and Donald Trump

What is Trump Island? The proposal of an Emirati businessman to build a luxury resort in Cuba

The U.S. increased its food exports to Cuba by 13.2% in May

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

A family-run Mipyme will take on the ice cream and dairy offerings at Coppelia in the Isle of Youth

"Whose will it be?": Cubans doubt the first private currency exchange house

"We are not deviating from the socialist model," says Marrero regarding capitalist measures in Cuba

Cuban remembers the Maceta Plan and the Rastrillo Plan: "What happened, authority?"

Manuel Marrero announces the first private exchange house in Cuba

They stole all the equipment from a Cuban pastry chef: "They left me with nothing to support my daughter."

New decree confirms the Cuban regime's monopoly on the press and prohibits independent journalism

These are the 79 activities that the Cuban government keeps under control

The Cuban regime says that the privatization of the economy is "for the well-being of the population."

The regime allows childcare as a non-state activity and maintains private tutoring under certain conditions

Cuba closes the door to private medicine amid the collapse of the healthcare system

"Today I'm going to go without food": Young Cuban after mipymes refuse to accept transfers

Mipyme from Pinar del Río celebrates July 26 with revolutionary flags on its facade

Affiliated with the regime says that MIPYME "attacks socialism."

Warning about new scam method involving false transfers in Santiago de Cuba

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

Private entities rescue iconic dining spaces in Cienfuegos that have been neglected by state management

"‘The elites are becoming obscenely wealthy’: Díaz-Canel's phrase that best portrays the privileged class of Cuba."