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Overwhelmed By the Excess of Garbage, Las Tunas Trash Collectors Stop Working for the Cuban State

Many employees have been “frightened” by the situation of landfills in the province, and the increase in wages is not enough to avoid the stampede 14ymedio, Havana, 25 April 2024 — The garbage collectors hired by Communal Services in Las Tunas to pick up the trash with a horse and cart have protested again because … Continue reading “Overwhelmed By the Excess of Garbage, Las Tunas Trash Collectors Stop Working for the Cuban State”

Rice Production in Sierpe, Cuba Falls 62 Percent after Vietnamese Advisors Leave

14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 28 March 2024 — Since technical advisors from Vietnam left in frustration in 2022, the rice farmers of Sierpe, a town in Sancti Spíritus province, are increasingly feeling pressure from the state to increase production. They are not happy about having to turn over the bulk of their crops to … Continue reading “Rice Production in Sierpe, Cuba Falls 62 Percent after Vietnamese Advisors Leave”

Cuba Agrees on a ‘Road Map’ With Turkey, a Key Energy Partner of the Island

EFE/14 ymedio, Havana, 12 March 2024 — The Cuban Deputy Prime Minister, Ricardo Cabrisas, and the Turkish Minister of Commerce, Ömer Bolat, agreed on Tuesday in Turkey on a “road map” for bilateral economic-trade cooperation between 2024-2026, which includes the energy area, a key aspect for Havana. The visit of Cabrisas, the Foreign Ministry reported … Continue reading “Cuba Agrees on a ‘Road Map’ With Turkey, a Key Energy Partner of the Island”

Blackouts Come to Havana While the Rest of Cuba Sinks Into Darkness

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 7 March 2024 — Without much notice or publication of the schedule, long blackouts have returned to Havana. The Cuban capital, which for weeks had the privilege of electricity while the provinces sank into power outages of more than ten hours a day, has not managed to avoid the crisis … Continue reading “Blackouts Come to Havana While the Rest of Cuba Sinks Into Darkness”

Gas Stations Closed and Others With Long Lines Before the New Prices of March 1

14ymedio, Havana, 28 February 2024 After being postponed due to an alleged cyber attack on the state financial company Cimex, two days before the dismissal of the Minister of Economy, Alejandro Gil Fernández, the new fuel prices, public transport and electricity rates will go into effect on March 1. Havana residents were trying to refuel … Continue reading “Gas Stations Closed and Others With Long Lines Before the New Prices of March 1”

The Cuban Regime’s ‘Evidence’ Against the Miami ‘Terrorists’: A Jet Ski and Three Pistols

14ymedio, Havana, December 10, 2023 — This Saturday in his usual space on the Cuban Television’s main news program, presenter Humberto López denounced Manuel Milanés Pizonero and Miguel Gómez Bartulo, Miki Terrori, for financing acts of sabotage on the Island. The report comes a few days after the National List of Terrorists was published in the Official Gazette, … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime’s ‘Evidence’ Against the Miami ‘Terrorists’: A Jet Ski and Three Pistols”

Cuba’s Official Press Annoyed by the Forecasts of Another Disastrous Sugar Harvest

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 November 2023 — Everything seems to indicate that we will have to dust off the headlines warning of the worst sugar harvest in the history of Cuba. The official State newspaper Granma warned this Sunday that the campaign will take place in a “very tense scenario” and closes the door to optimism, regretting … Continue reading “Cuba’s Official Press Annoyed by the Forecasts of Another Disastrous Sugar Harvest”

An Electricity Pole Miraculously Still Standing Threatens Drivers and Pedestrians in Holguin

14ymedio, Miguel García, Holguín, 31 October 2023 – Six years ago, a wagon crashed into an electricity pole on the road the leads to Valle de Mayabe in Holguín. The base of the structure was fractured and the rest of it remained, and remains, in a precarious condition, held up only by luck, and by … Continue reading “An Electricity Pole Miraculously Still Standing Threatens Drivers and Pedestrians in Holguin”

Faced With the Deplorable Transport Situation in Cuba, the Government Looks to the Private Sector

14ymedio, Madrid, 20 October 2023 — The Cuban Government does not yet know how to integrate the private sector into passenger transport to make it attractive but is studying it, according to the Minister of Transport, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, speaking Thursday on State TV’s Roundtable program, as part of a discussion in which he offered … Continue reading “Faced With the Deplorable Transport Situation in Cuba, the Government Looks to the Private Sector”

The Cotorro Team Is Expelled From the Havana Provincial Baseball Series for Not Showing Up for Two Games

14ymedio, Havana, 20 October 2023 — The Havana Baseball Commission removed the Cotorro municipality team from the 63rd Provincial Series. The squad received the disciplinary measure, announced this Thursday, “for not showing up for their last two games,” according to journalist Boris Luis Cabrera Acosta. The sports authorities did not accept the justification that the … Continue reading “The Cotorro Team Is Expelled From the Havana Provincial Baseball Series for Not Showing Up for Two Games”

Mexico Has Sent 200 Million Dollars Worth of Oil to Cuba This Year, According to Experts

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 30 September 2023 — Mexico has sent about 200 million dollars worth of oil to Cuba this year, according to calculations by the Energy Institute of the University of Texas (USA), to which EFE had access. This year Mexico, through its state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), has become one of the largest … Continue reading “Mexico Has Sent 200 Million Dollars Worth of Oil to Cuba This Year, According to Experts”

China Donates a 5 MW Photovoltaic Park to Cuba for More Than 114 Million Dollars

14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 20 September 2023 — The Chinese Government donated more than 114 million dollars (almost 107 million euros) to Cuba for the construction of a photovoltaic park with a generation capacity of 5 megawatts (MW) in Holguín, the official press reported on Wednesday. According to the Cuban News Agency (ACN), the project is in … Continue reading “China Donates a 5 MW Photovoltaic Park to Cuba for More Than 114 Million Dollars”

In Cuba People Go Hungry but Communist Experiments Continue

Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 6 July 2023 — The steps that Cuban communist leaders say they are taking to “strengthen local food systems in all municipalities of the country” can give much worse results. This blog has previously warned that transferring production, which should be attended to at the national level, to the territories is … Continue reading “In Cuba People Go Hungry but Communist Experiments Continue”

The Cuban Government Acknowledges Having Used Diesel From the State Industry To Generate Electricity

EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 13 June 2023 — The Cuban Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil, acknowledged that the diversion of diesel from industry to electricity generation has negatively affected the country’s productive activity. Gil made these statements in his inaugural speech at the “Three Days of Productive Economics of Cuba,” a meeting of state and … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Acknowledges Having Used Diesel From the State Industry To Generate Electricity”

Cooking Gas Is Also Lacking In Cuba

Ivan García, 26 May 2023 — The National Highway running through Matanzas province divides Los Arabos municipality in two directions. On the left, a town of just over 23 thousand inhabitants, cracked streets, and wagons pulled by horses that in their tiresome trot leave their poop on the main road. On the right, a handful … Continue reading “Cooking Gas Is Also Lacking In Cuba”