/tags/cuban-economy Cuban economy en-US WLRN Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:48:07 GMT /americas/2023-10-02/cuba-government-cossio-economy-private-enterprise-pymes WLRN's Americas Editor Tim Padgett speaks with Cuba's Foreign Relations Vice-Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, about why the communist island is allowing more economic freedom — but not political liberalization. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:48:07 GMT /americas/2023-10-02/cuba-government-cossio-economy-private-enterprise-pymes Tim Padgett, Helen Acevedo /latin-america/2022-12-02/cubas-resident-calls-his-economic-lifeline-tour-a-triumph-cuba-experts-say-otherwise Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel insists allies like China are rescuing his communist island from its economic disaster. Cuba economy watchers disagree. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 18:29:08 GMT /latin-america/2022-12-02/cubas-resident-calls-his-economic-lifeline-tour-a-triumph-cuba-experts-say-otherwise Tim Padgett /news/2022-05-27/disastrous-cuban-sugar-harvest-could-mean-an-even-larger-cuban-exodus Cuba this week is reporting its worst sugarcane harvest in more than a century. It could exacerbate the island's economic crisis — and the flight of migrants to the U.S. Fri, 27 May 2022 20:45:02 GMT /news/2022-05-27/disastrous-cuban-sugar-harvest-could-mean-an-even-larger-cuban-exodus Tim Padgett /local-news/2021-07-12/freedom-thousands-of-cubans-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-the-end-of-dictatorship Thousands of Cubans across the island country took to the streets to protest against the current dictatorship as people grapple with a shortage of basic necessities amid rising COVID-19 cases. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:38:17 GMT /local-news/2021-07-12/freedom-thousands-of-cubans-take-to-the-streets-to-demand-the-end-of-dictatorship Adriana Brasileiro, Nora Gámez Torres | The Miami Herald /news/2021-07-12/demonstrators-in-havana-protest-shortages-rising-prices Thousands of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs, amid the coronavirus crisis. Mon, 12 Jul 2021 09:24:25 GMT /news/2021-07-12/demonstrators-in-havana-protest-shortages-rising-prices The Associated Press /news/2021-01-04/cuba-starts-monetary-ordering-most-cubans-call-it-more-economic-chaos As Cuba unifies its two currencies, ordinary Cubans brace for skyrocketing prices — with still no structural reform of the island's failed economic system. Mon, 04 Jan 2021 22:15:53 GMT /news/2021-01-04/cuba-starts-monetary-ordering-most-cubans-call-it-more-economic-chaos Tim Padgett, Christine DiMattei /news/2019-12-23/cuba-names-tourism-minister-to-be-first-pm-since-1976 Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday named Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country's first prime minister since 1976 — a nomination… Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:55:27 GMT /news/2019-12-23/cuba-names-tourism-minister-to-be-first-pm-since-1976 ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ /news/2019-10-17/dragged-down-by-the-venezuela-crisis-cuba-seeks-dollars-to-stay-afloat The Cuban government announced economic measures this week to seek dollars in a bid to stay afloat in the midst of an acute financial crisis triggered by… Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:23:25 GMT /news/2019-10-17/dragged-down-by-the-venezuela-crisis-cuba-seeks-dollars-to-stay-afloat NORA GÁMEZ TORRES /news/2019-08-01/cuba-sets-price-controls-in-bid-to-fix-moribund-economy-but-will-they-backfire Cuba's economy continues to sink. In the past year the island has seen increasing food shortages, utility outages and fuel scarcity. On Thursday Cuba's… Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:21:39 GMT /news/2019-08-01/cuba-sets-price-controls-in-bid-to-fix-moribund-economy-but-will-they-backfire Tim Padgett /news/2018-12-18/is-cubas-threadbare-economy-limping-toward-venezuela-style-shortages Cuba’s economy barely grew at all this year. Officials this week say the communist island will probably show the same dismal performance next year. And… Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:32:06 GMT /news/2018-12-18/is-cubas-threadbare-economy-limping-toward-venezuela-style-shortages Tim Padgett