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Cuba liberalizes private sector amid crisis
Cuba's government has approved sweeping economic reforms that ease restrictions on private businesses across multiple sectors including pharmaceuticals, petroleum, and retail trade. The policy changes, which removed 46 prohibitions and approved 176 market economy measures, are intended to address a mounting humanitarian crisis involving shortages of medicines and basic goods.
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CubaCuban Communist PartyCuban ParliamentPrivate sector businessesHumanitarian crisis
2026-08-04
2026-08-03
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- Cuba slowly regains power after latest nationwide blackout
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- Cubans struggle to bounce back after 6th nationwide blackout this year
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- Cuba suffers yet another nationwide blackout
- Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses
- Cuba plunges into darkness as electric grid collapses
- Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout
- Cuba plunges into darkness as state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout
2026-07-31
2026-07-30
- Cuba loosens private sector controls to fend off humanitarian crisis
- Cuba says nearly three-quarters of hotels have shut as travel plunges
- Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis
- Cuba loosens control of its private sector in a struggle with a mounting humanitarian crisis