Self-Employment

Cuban university students are becoming forced laborers due to the crisis and low stipends

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

The Cuban government confirms the upcoming holidays

He stole from a café in Marianao while the owners were at the hospital with their sick son

A young Cuban doctor decides to change professions and begins to succeed in the most unexpected place

Interior Commerce puts deteriorated premises in Havana up for bidding due to its inability to manage them

"A country that doesn't work": The Economist warns about the collapse of Cuba

“Without money, there’s no peanuts”: Eleuterio, the most beloved vendor in Holguín, has passed away

Is there work in Cuba?

He traded his patients for cars: Cuban impresses on social media with his car cleaning business

"Here comes the one you can't forget": A Cuban's announcement goes viral on social media

Partial collapse at the El Domingón market in Güines: Seven people were trapped

Private Sector in Cuba: Shocking Data Amidst the Crisis

The Cuban regime deems private entrepreneurs a "necessary evil."

Government puts state bars up for auction: Workers and self-employed individuals will be able to manage them

Private store in Havana shut down and worker fined 30,000 pesos after state inspection

The private sector leads retail trade in Cuba for the first time since the 1960s

Independent unions demand the Cuban regime for labor freedom, economic justice, and democracy

Former Cuban doctor earns more raising flies than practicing medicine

A messenger's bicycle is stolen in Havana: “The silent complicity pains me”

Victim of theft in Havana warns about new scam method targeting transporters

CUJAE will rent spaces to private businesses, but the process raises suspicions

Havana delivery worker seeks clients after overcoming disappearance: “I work in the rain and at night.”

Fire at a mattress workshop-warehouse in Guanajay causes significant losses for the self-employed

Government puts public spaces of the Malecón in Havana up for bid: Opportunity or empty lifeline?

A large fire consumes a mattress warehouse in Guanajay, Artemisa

Trash takes over Cienfuegos: Who cleans the "cleanest city"?

Cuban in Miami shares tips for newcomers: "This is exactly what I would do if I had to start from scratch."

Cuban regime extends deadlines for wholesale trade for MSMEs and private cooperatives

The Cuban government demands mandatory tax accounts from self-employed workers

Cuban goes viral after offering messaging services in Havana

"No transfers accepted": Banking efforts fail in Matanzas amid traps and businesses circumventing regulation

Self-employed workers liquidate inventory following the end of wholesale licenses in Cuba

Fire contained in the sales area "La Candonga" in Santa Clara

Cubans confront inspectors and make them flee after trying to extort a bicycle taxi driver

Fines for self-employed worker who damaged a public portal for his business in Havana

Private worker in Santa Clara fined for selling in dollars and refusing digital payments

Cuban regime's union concerned about recruiting workers from the "non-state sector"

The government of Las Tunas imposes strict hours restrictions on self-employed workers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

A barbershop in Havana charges 1,600 pesos for a haircut, which is more than a retiree's pension

The dollar falls below 300 pesos in Cuba for the first time in nearly a year

Stable dollar at 300 pesos and the euro declines: Latest rates from the informal market in Cuba

Marrero justifies new regulations for small and medium-sized enterprises: "They discovered that selling containers on the street was more profitable."

Gesture of honesty: Young pizza delivery boy in Cienfuegos returns 400 pesos overpaid by a customer

The CTC creates union structures in the private sector in Cuba

The Cuban government will require certification for those who charge for the care of children and the elderly

New rules for the private sector in Cuba will come into effect in September

Cuban regime restricts 125 activities for private actors: What implications will it have?

Sick Cuban child sells bracelets to help his mother

Cuban priest denounces locksmith scam in Havana

The Cuban regime seeks to involve "new economic actors" in its social policies

Non-state economic sector under scrutiny by authorities amid energy crisis

Multan with 8,000 pesos a self-employed worker who was selling diapers in Old Havana

Cuban mother cleans yards to survive in Cárdenas

Fines of up to 8,000 pesos are being imposed for price violations in Havana

Official press candidly states: "In Cuba, having a degree is equivalent to having nothing."

Police operation against cart vendors in Havana ends with 42 fined

Private businesses resist the banking process

Mipyme is prevented from withdrawing five thousand pesos in cash after being banked: "The chicken is going to go up."

Alejandro Gil: "In Cuba, there is a singular socialist business system."