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Despite the Massive Arrival of Canadians and Russians, Tourism Has Not Picked Up in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, January 17, 2024 — Cuba closed the year 2023 certifying its inability to recover the tourism it had before the COVID-19 pandemic. With a final figure of 2,436,980 international visitors, the Island achieves 151% more than in 2022, but 42.8% less than in 2019. In addition, if compared to its aspirations, 3.5 million … Continue reading “Despite the Massive Arrival of Canadians and Russians, Tourism Has Not Picked Up in Cuba”

Cuban Authorities Announce Price Increases of More Than 500 Percent for Regular Gasoline and Diesel

14ymedio, Madrid, 9 January 2024 — Fuel on the Island will quintuple in price starting February 1st. But Cubans, always thinking ahead, are more afraid of the dangers to come. These include even larger price increases on the black market and shortages at service centers, especially for those paying in Cuban pesos (CUP) rather than … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Announce Price Increases of More Than 500 Percent for Regular Gasoline and Diesel”

Cuban Gasoline Set to Rise to 200 Pesos a Liter, 250 for Diesel, while Service Stations Await the Go-Ahead

14ymedio, Pedro Espinosa and Juan Matos, Camajuaní/Manzanillo | 2 January 2024 — The impacts of the new macro-economic readjustment measures that the government announced at the end of the year have yet to be felt at Cuban filling stations. During visits to several of the island’s gas stations, reporters from 14ymedio found that employees of … Continue reading “Cuban Gasoline Set to Rise to 200 Pesos a Liter, 250 for Diesel, while Service Stations Await the Go-Ahead”

Cubans to Pay More for Gasoline in 2024 While Tourists Will Pay in Dollars

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 2 January 2024 — One of Cuba’s biggest economic reform measures in decades will take effect in 2024, raising prices for energy, water, natural gas and petroleum and ending the universal food subsidy. While stressing that its plan will not affect the poorest segments of the population, the government has highlighted … Continue reading “Cubans to Pay More for Gasoline in 2024 While Tourists Will Pay in Dollars”

The Dominican Republic Received 10 Million Tourists This Year, Cuba Just Over 2 Million

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 December 2023 — Ariana Guilak got off an American Airlines flight from Miami this Tuesday in Punta Cana and found a surprise. David Collado, Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, and Frank Rainieri, businessman of the founder of the Punta Cana Group, were waiting for her at the foot of the … Continue reading “The Dominican Republic Received 10 Million Tourists This Year, Cuba Just Over 2 Million”

Cases of Theft and Slaughter of Livestock in Cuba Have Increased by 360 Percent in Two Years

14ymedio, Madrid, 22 December 2023 — It was expected that, among the results analyzed by Parliament, those of the agricultural sector would be the most regrettable. But expectations were, once again, exceeded, in particular when the collapse of livestock was known due to theft and slaughter, almost twice as much as last year and 360% … Continue reading “Cases of Theft and Slaughter of Livestock in Cuba Have Increased by 360 Percent in Two Years”

An Expert Denies the Effects of the International Price of Wheat on Bread in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, December 13, 2023 — The quantity and quality of the bodega (ration store) bread has been at the center of conversations, the official press and the independent media of Cuba for months. Several provinces have recognized in the last year that they are producing less or less weight, and every ship that arrived … Continue reading “An Expert Denies the Effects of the International Price of Wheat on Bread in Cuba”

A ‘Super-Ministry’ Will Control the More than 2,000 Cuban State Companies

14ymedio, Madrid, 12 December 2023 — Fewer than ten days before the beginning of the next ordinary session of Cuba’s National Assembly – December 20 – where the green light will be given to the draft Law on the Socialist State Enterprise, the Cuban economist Pedro Monreal has given an advanced preview of the text, unknown … Continue reading “A ‘Super-Ministry’ Will Control the More than 2,000 Cuban State Companies”

Only an Adjustment Plan and Monetary Reform Can Stop Cuba’s Growing Fiscal Deficit

14ymedio, Madrid, 14 December 2023 — The increase in the fiscal deficit of 2023 by 44.4%, announced this Wednesday by the Cuban Government, arouses unfavorable comments from several independent economists, who regret the lack of a plan to fight against an inflation of 27% so far this year. According to the decree that modifies the … Continue reading “Only an Adjustment Plan and Monetary Reform Can Stop Cuba’s Growing Fiscal Deficit”

The Drastic Reduction in US Chicken Imports Aggravates the Food Crisis in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 8 December 2023 — A kilo of American chicken reached its highest price in the last five years in October, with a value of $1.30. The high price may be the cause of a new collapse in imports of the poultry meat that Cuba buys from the neighboring country, which fell to figures … Continue reading “The Drastic Reduction in US Chicken Imports Aggravates the Food Crisis in Cuba”

U.S. Chicken Imports Fall by 66 Percent and Cubans Already Pay a Fortune for a Single Chicken Breast

14ymedio, Madrid, 8 November 2023 — Chicken is sought after in the streets of Havana. After a few months when the increase in private businesses had improved the availability of chicken meat, one of the most coveted foods on the Island after people had to give up first beef and then pork, things have gotten … Continue reading “U.S. Chicken Imports Fall by 66 Percent and Cubans Already Pay a Fortune for a Single Chicken Breast”

The Minister of Agriculture’s Magical Recipes to Put Food on Cuban Tables

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 October 2023 —  The Minister of Agriculture, Ydael Jesús Pérez Brito, gave a new recital of magical thinking on national television this Thursday, where he insisted on the power of Cubans to achieve the impossible without offering a single proposal. “We ourselves have to be able to produce and satisfy food demands. We … Continue reading “The Minister of Agriculture’s Magical Recipes to Put Food on Cuban Tables”

Imports of Chicken From the United States Skyrocket and Even the Cuban Army Sells It in Its Markets

14ymedio, Havana/Madrid, 9 October 2023 — The arrival of  American chicken in Cuba has multiplied to such an extent that on Saturday it landed in Havana’s Nuevo Vedado market of the Youth Labor Army itself, the agro-market of the Cuban Armed Forces. In August, imports from the United States recorded absolute record figures, both in quantity … Continue reading “Imports of Chicken From the United States Skyrocket and Even the Cuban Army Sells It in Its Markets”

A Costa Rican Company to Export Eggs and Gourmet Coffee to Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 2 October 2023 — The Costa Rican company that shipped twenty-four tons of meat to Cuba in August will export flavored beverages, soft drinks, fruit purees, bottled water, coffee and eggs to the Island in the coming days. The company claims that it has the capacity to operate 150 containers and that it … Continue reading “A Costa Rican Company to Export Eggs and Gourmet Coffee to Cuba”

Cubans Go without Food as the State Grants Concessions to Government-Controlled Businesses

14ymedio, Havana, September 27, 2023 — Three independent organizations released a statement on Tuesday calling on the Cuban government to grant greater economic and market freedoms to address the structural crisis facing the country. The League of Independent Farmers, the Latin American Federation of Rural Women and the Independent Trade Union Association of Cuba also … Continue reading “Cubans Go without Food as the State Grants Concessions to Government-Controlled Businesses”