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The End of Wholesale Trade in Cuba Between Private Entities

Private businesses, including cooperatives, and self-employed workers affected must liquidate “their inventories and goods in transit”.

Failure to comply with these provisions can result in fines, power outages of up to 72 hours, and other penalties.

The El Nuevo Herald investigation was published just a month and a half before Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency.

The third disconnection in less than two months came at 2:08 a.m. this morning, once again plunging the country into total darkness.

Even with plenty of money in your pocket, it is not so easy to buy a product that has been disappearing from Cuban markets and homes.

“Despite an investment of more than 24 billion dollars, the results show an alarming decline,” says Cuba Siglo 21.

The price of pork meat at Cuban markets has always worked as a thermometer to measure the state of the domestic economy.

The image in the cities is repeated: dark and impoverished streets, lit only by luxurious hotels that most Cubans cannot access.

New challenges in visiting Cuba with its deteriorated infrastructure and energy outages compounded by the recent natural disasters.

The province of Santiago de Cuba is approaching zero energy generation and receives one-tenth of what it needs.