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Cuban domestic freight traffic plummets in sign of deepening crisis

Cuban freight traffic plunged 19% in 2024, the government's statistics agency said this week, the latest sign that a grueling economic crisis which began five years

Cuban domestic freight traffic plummets in sign of deepening crisis
Americas|Business|Economy|Political|World

As Cuba-US relations sour, the island needs dollars more than ever

Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards

As Cuba-US relations sour, the island needs dollars more than ever
Americas|Economy|US

US state agriculture officials eye Cuba's private sector

The leader of an association of top U.S. state agriculture officials on Wednesday said his country might want to take advantage of reforms underway in Cuba, possibly

US state agriculture officials eye Cuba's private sector
Business|Economy|Food

Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink

Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest
Americas|Business|Economy|News|World

Amid deepening economic crisis, Cuba tightens rules on fledgling private sector

Cuba's booming private businesses braced for impact on Wednesday as the island's communist-run government implemented a raft of new laws aimed at

Amid deepening economic crisis, Cuba tightens rules on fledgling private sector
Americas|Business|Economy|Food|World

Cuban sugar industry demise mirrors food crisis

Cuba, which once produced millions of tons of sugar, expects to output just 300,000 metric tons of the sweetener in 2025, according to provincial media reports, as it

Cuban sugar industry demise mirrors food crisis
Americas|Economy|World

Millions in Cuba remain in dark after nationwide blackout

Cuba said it was generating only enough electricity to cover about 1/6th of peak demand late on Wednesday, hours after its national grid collapsed

Millions in Cuba remain in dark after nationwide blackout
Americas|Crime|Economy|Health|Lifestyle|World

Cuba's Santeria priests urge followers to hunker down amid crisis

In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers on Thursday to watch their health and spending, care for their

Cuba's Santeria priests urge followers to hunker down amid crisis
Americas|Election|Political|US|World

Cuba stages protest at US embassy over sanctions

Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the

Cuba stages protest at US embassy over sanctions

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