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"A giant on the ground": Cubans mourn the destruction of a sugar mill in Holguín

The harvest at the Quintín Bandera sugar mill in Villa Clara fails: from promising sugar and energy to surviving on animal power and solar panels

Collapse of the sugar harvest impacts alcohol production for the healthcare system in Cuba

Las Tunas sets a target of 38,000 tons of sugar for the upcoming harvest following the failure of the previous one

Energy crisis forces delay in the start of the harvest in Villa Clara and jeopardizes sugar for the basic basket

Holguín produced less than ten percent of its sugar plan in the recent harvest

Artemisa plants less than half of the planned sugarcane, and the price of sugar continues to rise

Díaz-Canel scolds Cuban agricultural producers: "It’s not a lack of resources, but a lack of will."

The regime appeals to "voluntary work" after the worst sugar harvest in over a century

Sugar production in Cuba drops again to its lowest level in over 100 years

Without electricity, without wages, and without harvest! Total crisis in a sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila

Central Antonio Guiteras de Las Tunas produced only 16% of the sugar plan

Between illusion and inefficiency, Villa Clara has failed to meet its sugar production since 2019

Granma ends a bitter harvest with only 27% of the expected sugar production

Camagüey only produced 4,000 tons of sugar in the recent harvest

With less than 3,000 tons, the harvest in Guantánamo barely exceeds 38% of the planned goal

Granma's sugar harvest in crisis: only 26% of the plan achieved and millions in losses

Cuba records its lowest sugar production since the 19th century

The 2025 Cuban sugar harvest confirms the structural collapse of a once-strategic sector

Crisis in the sugar harvest in Santiago de Cuba: the Dos Ríos sugar mill barely reaches 13 percent of the plan

Official journalist attacks Cuban leader: "Mention five benefits of the Ordering Task."

A large fire in sugarcane areas of Guantánamo caused by "social indiscipline."

Sugar crisis in Cuba: Only six mills are operating and 25 percent of the cane is being processed

The government calls it "shameful" that Cuba has to import sugar

Cuban guarapero in the Canary Islands: "I was born among the sugarcane fields."

The sugar sector is turning to prisoners to cope with the sugar harvest in Cuba

Two tons of sugar stolen from a mill in Artemisa

There is no sugar in Cienfuegos despite having exceeded the production plan

The government warns of difficulties in the distribution of regulated sugar due to deficiencies in the harvest

Amid the crisis in the sugar industry, the government holds a manual sugar cane cutting competition in Granma

Cuban students gift a "central" to Díaz-Canel

Even the scratching goes up in price in Cuba

Russia and Belarus will support the sugar harvest in Cuba with machinery and credits

A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for setting fire to sugarcane fields in Sancti Spíritus

They use oxen teams to plant sugarcane in Santiago de Cuba

Authorities see difficulties in meeting the sugar harvest plan in Ciego de Ávila

A worker dies at a sugar mill in Holguín

They boast in Cuba of producing over 550,000 boxes of rum in the current sugar harvest

Cienfuegos claims to be the first Cuban province to complete the sugar harvest

Limay Blanco on rice and sugar prices: "Ease up"

A lack of investment and maintenance keeps Cuba in the dark

The current Cuban sugar harvest is facing a deficit of 95,000 tons of sugar for domestic consumption

National Electrical System Restored After "St. Elmo's Fire" Left Half of Cuba Without Power

The Domestic Trade Department adopts measures in response to the sugar crisis in Cuba

Ash falls over the city of Holguín after a sugarcane field fire in Cacocum

Cuba does not produce the expected amount of sugar

Fuel shortages and machinery issues delay sugarcane planting in Cuba

Discontent among workers due to the shutdown of the Uruguay sugar mill in Sancti Spíritus

Cuba is preparing for a "small" sugar harvest in light of the collapse of the sugar industry

Students mobilize for sugarcane planting in Ciego de Ávila

The marabou harvest in Cuba is affected by a lack of liquidity

Cubans take on CIMEX for promoting guarapo to cool off this summer

Cuba seeks foreign investment to save its deteriorating sugar industry

Tardocastrismo between the piñata and the squid

Díaz-Canel proposes generating electricity from the biomass of sugar mills

Delays in sugarcane planting foreshadow a poor harvest in Ciego de Ávila

Cuba will not meet its sugar export commitments following the worst harvest in decades

Cuba records its worst sugar harvest in over 100 years

Railway repaired in Sancti Spíritus after sugarcane train derailment

The Cuban government calls for celebrating May Day with massive parades