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.

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.

The Cuban Professor Sentenced to 10-Years for Graffiti

Raúl Medina Orama

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”

elTOQUE Jurídico

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.