Slain dissident’s daughter maps out a plan for Cuba after communism

Rosa María Payá was 23 when her father died on his way to a pro-democracy meeting. With Donald Trump’s help, she’s now hoping to complete his mission.

Cuba’s Fuel Crisis Brings Schools to a Standstill

The country’s already-struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade.

Cuba approves free-market reforms in effort to stave off economic collapse

Cuban lawmakers Thursday adopted nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis aggravated by a U.S. oil blockade.

What to know about Cuba’s economic measures aimed at opening up the island’s economy

Measures are expected to further decentralize Cuba’s state-run economy. Under the island’s current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country’s resources are allocated.

Cuba adopts historic package of free-market reforms

Cuban lawmakers Thursday adopted nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis aggravated by a US oil blockade.The oil blockade imposed by Trump

Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

Observers are calling Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul on the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution while the grandson of former President Raúl Castro
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With Cuba in crisis, faith groups work to influence policy, deliver aid

In the face of an accelerating US pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities, and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on June 18 announced sweeping economic reforms, the largest privatization since before Fidel

Cuba to privatize state companies; opens banking and energy to foreign and private capital

Cuba is in such dire straits that it is even seeking to transfer the management of the country's zoos and aquariums to private hands.

Cuba’s president announces economic reforms to spur investment and involve Cubans abroad

President Miguel Díaz-Canel didn’t provide details or a timetable but said it’s “time to change” and said the country “simply cannot continue on its current course.”

‘A lie repeated 1,000 times is still a lie,’ Chinese Embassy in Cuba refutes recent allegations by US think tank on so-called intelligence facilities

The Chinese Embassy in Cuba refuted on Wednesday the recent allegations made by a US think tank claiming that China is building so-called “intelligence facilities i
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A vast stone grid off Cuba sits in water too deep for any culture we know to have built it

A sonar survey off western Cuba has revealed a vast grid of stone-like forms sitting at about 2,000 feet below the surface, a depth that experts say is far beyond where known prehistoric coastal settlements occur.