elTOQUE Jurídico

Espacio de análisis y acompañamiento del proceso legislativo en Cuba. Con la asesoría de especialistas del Derecho, intentamos aportar a la educación cívica de la sociedad cubana e incentivar debates desde el principio y no en la meta.

Cuban Gov. Privatizes Meal Services for Vulnerable People

elTOQUE Jurídico

The Family Assistance System (SAF)—the state program that provides subsidized meals to elderly people living alone, people with disabilities, and families in vulnerable situations—is being shifted away from direct government management and toward the private sector in an attempt to address a coverage deficit the government has been unable to overcome.

Will New Relaxed Farm Rules Mean More Food in Cuba?

Raúl Medina Orama

The Cuban countryside is facing an unprecedented production crisis, with drastic harvest and animal yield reduction in nearly every sector. In that context, the government has once again modified the agricultural legal framework. The changes have to do with the “wholesale and retail commercialization of agricultural and forestry products” and “production contracting” to replace the regulatory system in force since 2021.

Cuba Regulates Partnerships of State and Private Sectors

Eloy Viera Cañive

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

Raúl Medina Orama

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.