Self-Employment

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

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

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 begins to thrive 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’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 the El Domingón market in Güines: Seven people were trapped

Private sector in Cuba: Shocking data amid the crisis

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

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

Private store in Havana closed 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 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 deception method targeting transporters

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

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

Fire at mattress workshop and warehouse in Guanajay causes significant losses for self-employed worker

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

A large fire consumes 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 small and medium-sized enterprises and private cooperatives

Cuban government requires mandatory tax reporting from self-employed workers

A Cuban goes viral after offering messaging services in Havana

"We do not accept transfers": Banking efforts fail in Matanzas amidst 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 make them flee after attempting to extort a tricycle taxi driver

Fines 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 refusing digital payments

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

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

A 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 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."

A gesture of honesty: Young pizza delivery man in Cienfuegos returns 400 pesos extra to a customer

The CTC creates union structures in the private sector in Cuba

The Cuban government will require a guarantee from 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

Non-state economic sector under scrutiny by authorities due to energy crisis

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

Cuban mother cleans patios 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 results in 42 fines

Private businesses resist the process of banking

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