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The Ordering Task, Emigration and the Fall in Tourism Interfered With Etecsa’s Lucrative State Telecommunications Business

A report by Cuba Siglo 21 attributes the decision to increase the tariffs to the military conglomerate Gaesa. 14ymedio, Madrid, 12 June 2025 — It’s not the “US blockade” that “strangles imports” or the “fraudulent websites” that divert international recharges, as the Cuban officials rushed to maintain. The reasons for the dramatic drop in revenues … Continue reading “The Ordering Task, Emigration and the Fall in Tourism Interfered With Etecsa’s Lucrative State Telecommunications Business”

The Ordering Task* and the Law of Gravity

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 12 December 2022 — In February 1970, while doing my work as a journalist (still a student) to cover the sugar harvest in the municipality of Florida, I attended an important meeting chaired by Armando Hart Dávalos, the member of the Political Bureau assigned to guarantee the goal corresponding to the … Continue reading “The Ordering Task* and the Law of Gravity”

Marino Murillo Disrupts Tabacuba’s ‘Ordering Task’* and Leaves Cigarette Production at 47 Percent

14ymedio, Madrid, 2 August 2022 — When Marino Murillo was appointed president of Tabacuba in November 2021, many Cubans reacted with irony. “I hope he won’t ‘Re-order’ Tabacuba, or we’ll run out of cigarettes,” one reader wrote, joking in reference to the so-called ‘Ordering Task’* which is affecting broad elements of the Cuban economy. The … Continue reading “Marino Murillo Disrupts Tabacuba’s ‘Ordering Task’* and Leaves Cigarette Production at 47 Percent”

Cuban Soft Drink Can Factories, Another Victim of the ‘Ordering Task’

14ymedio, Havana, June 9, 2022 — Since the beginning of January, the official press has reported the lack of cans and containers for soft drinks in Los Portales, the main company on the island, associated with Nestlé. The factory, which renovated its machinery in 2018 after a Swiss investment, went from 278 million units that … Continue reading “Cuban Soft Drink Can Factories, Another Victim of the ‘Ordering Task’”

Cuba’s ‘Ordering Task’ Triples the Price of Milk and Cheese in Sancti Spiritus

14ymedio, Havana, 19 January 2022 — The price of fresh cheese, or frescal, as they call it in Sancti Spíritus, has increased three or four times since November, and that of ice cream has doubled. People are very upset, according to an article in the Escambray newspaper on Tuesday, asking those responsible for the industry what has … Continue reading “Cuba’s ‘Ordering Task’ Triples the Price of Milk and Cheese in Sancti Spiritus”

Cuba: Marino Murillo, the Man who Sowed Chaos With the ‘Ordering Task’

14ymedio, Havana, 30 December 2021 — Marino Murillo has caused many annoyances, both to ordinary Cubans and to his own home, the Communist Party. In charge of designing the major economic changes that came into force this year — for which the foreign press saddled him with the nickname of reform czar — and architect … Continue reading “Cuba: Marino Murillo, the Man who Sowed Chaos With the ‘Ordering Task’”

Faced With the Failure of its ‘Ordering Task’, the Cuban Government Talks About ‘Rectification’

14ymedio, Havana, 13 December 2021 — There will be changes to correct the deficiencies of the failed Tarea Ordenamiento (Ordering Task), which was planned for more than ten years and whose execution even the Cuban authorities themselves consider catastrophic. In his 2021 accountability report, presented this weekend, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero admits that “the objective of this … Continue reading “Faced With the Failure of its ‘Ordering Task’, the Cuban Government Talks About ‘Rectification’”

‘Cubadebate’ Removes the Ordering Task Survey From its Website

14ymedio, Havana, 4 March 2021 — Cubans interested in the survey carried out by the State website Cubadebate, which garnered much success among readers, should consult the independent media to find out what the people of the island really think about the “Ordering Task*” (Tarea ordenamiento) and the dramatic economic situation in the country. The survey, activated this Monday … Continue reading “‘Cubadebate’ Removes the Ordering Task Survey From its Website”

Cuba’s Decree 167 Authorizes “Light Food Service Networks of Recognized Brands,” Such as McDonald’s

The ‘Official Gazette’ publishes a “capitalist” law, but retains “centralized administrative measures” in the name of “social interest” 14ymedio, Havana, August 28, 2026 / The Official Gazette fulfilled, this Friday, the promise made in mid-June by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero to allow the creation of a “light food service network of recognized brands, restaurants, cafés, and … Continue reading “Cuba’s Decree 167 Authorizes “Light Food Service Networks of Recognized Brands,” Such as McDonald’s”

What Is Dystopia For?

Díaz-Canel gets tangled up in a quote about utopia in his eagerness to cover up the greatest setback in contemporary Cuba. 14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, July 25, 2026 — Ever since his years leading the bureaucracy in Holguín, it was clear that Miguel Díaz-Canel was a failed leader. Farmers showed remarkable foresight when they … Continue reading “What Is Dystopia For?”

The Cuban State Authorizes Its Enterprises to Buy Raw Materials and Supplies From the Private Sector

Entities and any State establishment, including food-service ones, will also be able to pay these suppliers in cash 14ymedio, Madrid, July 21, 2026 / The shortages in the state system have forced the Cuban Government to take a further step in the liberalization of parts of the market, in this case retail trade. From now … Continue reading “The Cuban State Authorizes Its Enterprises to Buy Raw Materials and Supplies From the Private Sector”

Computer System Malfunctions and ‘VIP’ Prices at the New Dollar Store in Havana’s Comodoro Hotel

It is Supermix, a joint venture between Cimex and Spain’s Ipsa, which opened a branch on the ground floor of the Focsa building a year ago. 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, July 7, 2026 — With malfunctioning checkout systems and no possibility of paying by card, the new Caracol dollar store in the shopping gallery … Continue reading “Computer System Malfunctions and ‘VIP’ Prices at the New Dollar Store in Havana’s Comodoro Hotel”

New Cooking Gas Tariff in Havana Doubles Previous Price, According to Informal Notice to Residents

The price per cubic metre rises from 2.50 to 4.97 pesos, while prices for households without a meter range from 100 to 400 CUP depending on the number of occupants 14ymedio, Havana, 13 June 2026 /  “Pass this on to the neighbours so everyone finds out in time.” That is the warning accompanying a new price … Continue reading “New Cooking Gas Tariff in Havana Doubles Previous Price, According to Informal Notice to Residents”

‘If the [Cuban] System Implodes, the Ruling Class Will Disappear – and They Know It’

Economic changes will not be possible in Cuba without international humanitarian intervention Between 2020 and 2024, 24% of the Cuban population has left the country and they are not coming back In 2025, the number of births fell to 68,000 – below what can be estimated for the year 1899 14ymedio, Rosa Pascual, Madrid,  29 … Continue reading “‘If the [Cuban] System Implodes, the Ruling Class Will Disappear – and They Know It’”

Díaz-Canel Insists on Improving a Failed Economic Model Instead of Adopting Another One

Under another name, the regime offers the same recipes that have led the country to an unprecedented crisis. 14ymedio, Havana, 3 March 2026 — The lessons of the past have not sunk in at the top of the Cuban power structure, which continues to stumble, time and again, over the same stone in its failed … Continue reading “Díaz-Canel Insists on Improving a Failed Economic Model Instead of Adopting Another One”