Cuba Regulates Partnerships of State and Private Sectors

On March 2, 2026, Cuban state media echoed a meeting of the Council of Ministers in which Miguel Diaz-Canel said that urgent transformations in the country’s economic and social model had to be promoted. Among those possible transformations was a change in the ways the state and private sectors of the economy can associate with one another. Hours later, the Official Gazette published Decree-Law 114/2025 and a complementary regulation governing partnerships between state-owned business entities and private actors.

Canada Examines the Humanitarian Crisis in Cuba

The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of Canada’s House of Commons convened a special session on February 26, 2026, to address the humanitarian crisis in Cuba. Members of Cuban civil society were invited to provide testimony before the Canadian Parliament — a key country for the island due to its role in tourism, mining investment, and access to foreign currency.

The Cuban Professor Sentenced to 10-Years for Graffiti

Ariel Manuel Martin was held “incommunicado for five or six months” after his detention in February 2025, his cousin told El Toque.

Outspoken Cuban Youths to Remain in “Pretrial Detention”

The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Holguín confirmed on February 12, 2026 — the same day as a habeas corpus hearing filed on behalf of the detainees and admitted by the Holguín court — that it is pursuing a case against Ernesto Ricardo Medina and Kamil Zayas for alleged “propaganda against the constitutional order” and “incitement to commit crimes.” These offenses are frequently used to criminalize freedom of expression and could result in sentences leaving them deprived of liberty for close to a decade.

More Gov. Control Over Foreign Currency and Cuba’s Farmers

Farm production in Cuba’s countryside is thinning out and state investment is minimal. However, in bureaucratic offices ideas abound for tightening control over the flow of foreign currency in the agricultural and forestry sector and over those who work the land.

Complaining in Cuba Is Not the Same as Protesting

Official discourse in Cuba has once again equated citizen protest with the right to complain, deeming any public demonstration outside the framework of “institutionality” as illegitimate.

Good News for Cuba Travelers: Tariff Exemptions Extended

Cuban authorities have once again extended a set of exceptional tariff benefits, established to ease the shortage of basic necessities and the energy crisis in the country.

Cuban Faces Five Years Jail for Filming a Cooking Gas Line

Filming horror in Cuba is forbidden. For that reason, the Prosecutor’s Office is requesting over five years in prison for Julio Cesar Duque de Estrada Ferrer, for a chain of events that began when he was filming a “crowd” at a cooking gas distribution point.

Cuban Activist Faces 10-Year Sentence for Anti-Government Facebook Posts

Cuban prosecutors seek a decade-long prison term for Alexander Verdecia over Facebook posts criticizing the regime. His case highlights growing repression of online dissent and political expression.

Cuba’s Customs Extends Exemption on Food & Medicines

The Cuban government has once again extended the date for importing non-commercial food, hygiene products, and medicines without customs duties. The Custom’s decision was published on Saturday, September 28, 2024, just two days before the current permit was set to expire.

Cuba’s Forced Contracting System for Farm Production

Instead of addressing the direct causes of the farm sector’s low productivity, the authorities continue to promote centralized structures.

Stripping citizenship as a prelude to legal deportation

The island's authorities will have the power to unilaterally strip Cuban citizenship under the argument of protecting the interests of the "State" and the "Republic".

The Cuban Regime Seeks to Offer Permanent Residency as an Incentive to Attract Capital

The new migration bill suggests that Cuban authorities are considering granting residency to wealthy foreigners or those who decide to invest in the national territory.

Cuba Pursues Chinese Tourism: No Visa Needed & New Flights

As Air China resumed flights to Cuba and aimed to boost Chinese tourism, the Cuban president signed a decree declaring the exemption of visa requirements for individuals with valid ordinary passports issued by the government of the People’s Republic of China.

Impact of the New “U-Turn” Transaction Policies for Cubans

The reauthorization of “U-Turn” transactions involving Cuban funds and independent entrepreneurs is one of the measures announced by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 28, 2024.