Self-Employment

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

Cuban government confirms upcoming holidays

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

Young Cuban doctor decides to change professions and starts to succeed where she least expected

Comercio Interior puts deteriorated premises in Havana up for tender due to its inability to manage them

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

“Without money, there is no peanuts”: Eleuterio, the most beloved vendor in Holguín, passes away

Is there work in Cuba?

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

"Here comes the one you can't forget": A Cuban's announcement takes social media by storm

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

Private Sector in Cuba: Striking Data Amid the Crisis

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

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

Private store in Havana shut down and employee fined 30,000 pesos following 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

Bicycle stolen from a messenger in Havana: “The silent complicity pains me”

Robbery victim in Havana warns about new trick targeting transporters

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

Havana delivery man seeks clients after overcoming disappearance: "I work in the rain and at night."

Fire in mattress workshop-storage in Guanajay causes substantial losses for the self-employed

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

A large fire engulfs a mattress warehouse in Guanajay, Artemisa

Garbage Conquers Cienfuegos: Who Cleans the "Cleanest City"?

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

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

Cuban government demands mandatory tax accounts from self-employed workers

Cuban goes viral after offering messaging services in Havana

"We do not accept transfers": Banking efforts fail in Matanzas amid traps and businesses evading control

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

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

Cubans confront inspectors and chase them away after they attempt to extort a bike taxi driver

Multan a a self-employed worker who broke into a public portal for his business in Havana

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

Union of the Cuban regime concerned about recruiting workers from the "non-state sector"

The government of Las Tunas imposes strict time restrictions on self-employed workers and Mipymes

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

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

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

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

Gesture of Honesty: Young Pizza Chef in Cienfuegos Returns 400 Pesos Overcharge to Customer

The CTC establishes union structures in the private sector in Cuba

The Cuban government will require a license 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 boy sells bracelets to help his mother

Cuban priest reports locksmith fraud 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 sold diapers in Old Havana

Cuban mother cleans yards to survive in Cárdenas

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

Official press comes clean: "In Cuba, having a degree means having nothing."

Police operation against street vendors in Havana ends with 42 fined

Private businesses resist the process of banking integration

They prevent Mipyme from withdrawing five thousand pesos in cash after banking: "The price of chicken is going to rise."

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

Owner of Mipyme lowers oil prices and urges other entrepreneurs to do the same