Self-Employment

The "bitter joke" of banking continues to create problems: Self-employed worker reports obstacles to electronic payments in Matanzas

"Go to the dollar stores": Cubans face fines for high prices in Havana

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

The Cuban regime authorizes the purchase of foreign currency for small and medium-sized enterprises (Mipymes) and other non-state actors under strict state control

Cuban government confirms upcoming public 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 starts to succeed where she least expected

Internal Commerce puts deteriorated premises in Havana up for bid due to its inability to manage them

"A country that does not function": The Economist warns about the collapse of Cuba

“Without money, there’s no peanuts”: Eleuterio, the most beloved vendor in Holguín, passes 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 won'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: Shocking data amidst the crisis

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

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

Private store closed in Havana and employee fined 30,000 pesos after state inspection

The private sector leads retail 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 scam method targeting transportation workers

CUJAE will lease 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 in mattress workshop-warehouse in Guanajay causes significant losses for self-employed worker

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

A large fire consumes a mattress warehouse in Guanajay, Artemisa

The trash conquers Cienfuegos: Who cleans the "cleanest city"?

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

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

The Cuban government requires mandatory fiscal accounts from self-employed workers

Cuban goes viral after offering messenger services in Havana

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

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

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

Cubans confront inspectors and make them flee after attempting to extort a pedicab driver

Multan a a self-employed individual who broke into a public portal for their business in Havana

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

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

The government of Las Tunas imposes strict time restrictions on self-employed individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises

A barbershop in Havana charges 1,600 pesos for a haircut, which is more than a pensioner's monthly retirement benefit

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

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

Marrero justifies new regulations for small and medium enterprises: "They discovered that selling containers on the street made more money."

Gesture of Honesty: Young Pizzaiolo in Cienfuegos Returns 400 Pesos Overcharged to Customer

The CTC creates union structures in the private sector in Cuba

The Cuban government will require a permit 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 denounces locksmith scam in Havana

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

The non-state economic sector under scrutiny by authorities amid the energy crisis

Multan with 8,000 pesos to 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 media candidly states: "In Cuba, having a degree means having nothing."

Police operation against street vendors in Havana results in 42 fines

Private businesses resist the process of banking