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In fact, Marta Elena Feitó’s words reflect the official policy of denying poverty. 14ymedio, Madrid, 16 July 2025 — “The lack of sensitivity in addressing vulnerability is highly questionable. The Revolution cannot leave anyone behind; that is our motto, our militant responsibility.” President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s comment on his X account on Tuesday morning referred, without … Continue reading “The Regime Dismisses the Minister Who Said There Were No Beggars in Cuba, Only People “Disguised” as Beggers”

14ymedio, Havana, 15 July 2025 —  “Disguised.” This is how Labor Minister Marta Elena Feitó described the real beggars who, every day, are multiplying on the streets trying to survive. The images taken by this newspaper in Havana speak for themselves. ____________ COLLABORATE WITH OUR WORK: The 14ymedio team is committed to practicing serious journalism that … Continue reading “A Cuba Without Disguise”

Economist Pedro Monreal calls Feitó’s words “insolently reactionary” for fighting the poor instead of fighting poverty. 14ymedio, Havana, 14 July 2025 — The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó, sparked a wave of indignation after her address to the Cuban Parliament on Monday. In an attempt to reduce the impact of the … Continue reading “‘There Are No Beggers in Cuba, These Are People in Disguise,’ Insists the Minister of Labor”

 The Government suspends all teaching and work activities, except for “vital” ones The break occurred at 2:08 a.m. on Wednesday. 14ymedio, Havana, 4 December 2024 — Cuba’s National Electricity System (SEN) suffered its third disconnection in less than two months at 2:08 a.m. this morning, plunging the country into total darkness once again. According to … Continue reading “New Total Blackout in Cuba Due to the Disconnection of the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant”

EFE, via 14ymedio, Havana, 6 February 2021 —  The Cuban government eliminated the constrained list of activities allowed in the private sector, leaving a list of just 124 occupations which can be engaged in only by government entities, a long-awaited reform that opens the doors to the expansion of self-employment in the midst of a serious … Continue reading “Cuba Eliminates the Limited List of Jobs Allowed in the Private Sector”

14ymedio, Havana, 20 August 2020 — Under the sun, with her cane, Xiomara waited this Tuesday outside the Coppelia ice cream parlor in Havana to get the ten scoops of ice cream that each customer is allowed to buy, but neither her disabled person’s card nor the requests to the employee allowed her to enter … Continue reading “Pandemic in Cuba and People with Disabilities: Forgotten or Protected?”

14ymedio, Havana, 7 August 2020 – Cuba’s rigid control on permissible self-employment activities has been eased with the elimination of the list of 123 activities permitted to the private sector, a measure announced Thursday by the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó, who affirmed that the current situation prevents Cubans from developing … Continue reading “Cornered by the Crisis, the Cuban Government Eliminates the List Limiting Self-Employment Activities”

14ymedio, Havana, 12 May 2020 — The number of private sector workers who suspended their licenses (so as not to have to pay the taxes) is growing at an unbridled rate, 60% in a few weeks, from 139,000 to 222,723 affected, according to official data. In mid-April, 22% of self-employed workers had lost their source … Continue reading “35% of Cuba’s Private Sector is Out of Work Due to the Covid-19 Crisis”

14ymedio, Havana, 10 July 2018 — The announced “reordering and updating” for self-employment work appeared this Tuesday with the publication in the Extraordinary Gazette of a package of measures that modify the licensing system and the payment of taxes from the private sector. “No activity disappears, 96 of the existing ones are grouped into 28, and from of … Continue reading “Cuban Government Modifies Private Sector Licenses and Taxes”

14ymedio, Havana, 26 October 2017 — The self-employed sector in Cuba grew by 56,560 workers during the period from September 2016 to September 2017, the official newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth) reported Thursday. The total rose from 522,855 employed in this form of work to 579,415. The number of people working in the private sector has continued … Continue reading “Self-Employment Grows In Cuba Despite License Restrictions”