Self-Employment

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

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

The Domestic Trade Department puts deteriorated premises in Havana up for bid due to its inability to manage them

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

"Without money, there is 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 won't forget": A Cuban's announcement takes social media by storm

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 considers private entrepreneurs a "necessary evil."

Government hands over state-run bars for bidding: Workers and self-employed individuals will be able to manage them

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

The private sector is leading retail in Cuba for the first time since the 1960s

Independent unions demand from the Cuban regime 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 hurts me"

Robbery victim 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 in mattress workshop-storage in Guanajay causes significant losses for self-employed worker

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

A large fire engulfs a mattress warehouse in Guanajay, Artemisa

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 SMEs and private cooperatives

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

Cuban man goes viral after offering messenger services in Havana

"No transfers accepted": 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 in the sales area "La Candonga" in Santa Clara

Cubans confront inspectors and drive them away after attempting to extort a bike taxi driver

Multan 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

Cuban regime union concerned about affiliating workers from the "non-state sector"

The government of Las Tunas imposes strict time limitations on self-employed individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (Mipymes)

Barbershop in Havana charges 1,600 pesos for a haircut, 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 falls: Latest rates from the informal market in Cuba

Marrero justifies new regulations for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises: "They discovered that selling containers on the street brought in more money."

Gesture of integrity: Young pizza delivery man in Cienfuegos returns 400 pesos extra 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 take effect in September

Cuban regime restricts 125 activities for private actors: What implications will this 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

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

He fined a self-employed worker selling diapers in Old Havana 8,000 pesos

Cuban mother cleans yards to survive in Cárdenas

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

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

Police operation against cart vendors in Havana ends with 42 fined

Private businesses are resistant to the process of banking

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

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

Owner of Mipyme lowers oil prices and asks other business owners to do the same

Capped prices cause a halt in taxi services in Havana

Cuban pretends to be a clerk and steals from a pizzeria in Camagüey