Cuba Expands USD Stores While Wages Are Paid in Pesos
Recent reports confirm that, as happened previously with the MLC, dollarization will extend to more stores than initially announced.
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Business & Economy
Russians Aspire To Increase Investment Projects in Cuba
Putin’s envoy, Dmitri Chernichenko, signs 13 cooperation agreements in Havana, without it being known in exchange for what.
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Cuba Loses Appeal in the UK Supreme Court
The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has denied Cuba permission to appeal again in the case against CRF I Limited (CRF I Ltd).
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An Island on Pause: Cubans Facing the Fuel Shortage
Diesel in pesos disappeared, fuel sold in USD was never consistently available, and “clandestine gas stations” nearly doubled their price.
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Cuba’s Officialdom Admits Shortcomings of Price Caps
Participants on a government TV program insist that price controls were a measure agreed upon with the private sector.
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Private Businesses on the Downturn in Cuban provinces
“Ultimately, the worst off is the population because what we private owners don’t sell, the State doesn’t sell in its stores either.”
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Obispo St. in Havana, Where Tourism Pushes Out Residents
The main artery of Old Havana has lost much of the network of residents who once gave it grace and life. Here’s what’s happened.
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Cuba and Crossed Wires
During the President’s tour of economic entities, social institutions, & neighborhoods the most touching moment was the children’s reactions…
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The Cuban Government’s Bets to Revive Tourism
Tourism officials invite the Chinese to “discover the smile, gratitude, & spirituality of a noble, heroic, resilient, and optimistic people”.
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Tourism, Cuba’s Economic Engine, Remains in Decline
With great fanfare, Cuban media celebrated this week the arrival of the first flight of the spring 2025 season carrying Russian tourists.
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