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Cuba Says Its Reforms Aren't Capitalism. The Paperwork Tells a Different Story.

Cuba's president denies his reforms mean capitalism. We fact-checked the claims — private banks, shareholders, and a hidden military conglomerate.

Latin Times

As the lights go out, Cuba’s true believers vow to resist US intervention

Proud and defiant in the rolling blackouts, thousands come together to mark the 1953 raid seen as the first step to Fidel Castro taking power

The Guardian - UK

Havana Says the Reforms Are Homegrown. Washington's Fingerprints Are Everywhere Anyway

Díaz-Canel closed Cuba's parliamentary session by rejecting claims that the island's 176-measure economic overhaul was forced by U.S. sanctions

Latin Times

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Raúl Castro absent as Cuba celebrates anniversary of key revolutionary attack

Cuba has held a traditional rally to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries

The Independent UK

Cuba Accuses Trump Administration of 'Criminal and Genocidal Intent' After New Sanctions on Tourism, Energy Sectors

The Cuban Foreign Minister added that the United States was intensifying "the war against the people of Cuba, their living conditions and their sources of livelihood"

Latin Times

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a key figure of the Cuban Revolution and ally of Fidel Castro, has died

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a key figure in the Cuban Revolution and former vice president, has died at 94

The Independent UK

Cuba approves economic reforms to expand private investment

The Cuban parliament has approved 176 measures easing the economic model, boosting private sector involvement and opening the door to foreign investment.

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

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures to open up the struggling island's economy

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Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel admits 'urgent changes' needed to overcome crisis

The oil blockade imposed by President Donald Trump in January has brought the island's already moribund economy to the brink of collapse, marked by power cuts sometimes lasting over 30 hours.

Euronews

Cuba's Communist Party approves emergency economic plan opening to private enterprise

Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures

AAP

Cuba Eyes China, Vietnam Models for Major Economic Overhaul Amid Crippling

President Díaz-Canel details a sweeping, market-oriented reform package to slash Cuba's bureaucracy, invite diaspora investment, and reverse a tourism collapse.

Latin Times

Cuban president announces economic reforms to 'liberalise' the embargo-hit and blockaded island

Díaz-Canel announced a slew of reforms in key sectors such as tourism, foreign trade and private business, amid new US sanctions designed to cripple the island nation into submission.

Euronews

Díaz-Canel announces economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad in the economy

AAP

Díaz-Canel Promises Market-Oriented Reforms. What Would They Actually Mean for Cuba?

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has announced what state media describes as a broad package of economic reforms with a more liberalizing and decentralizing character, arguing that "these are times when change is necessary."

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Mexico-Backed Humanitarian Aid Ship Arrives in Cuba as Díaz-Canel Praises 'Supportive Embrace'

Cuban officials said the vessel brought food and other essential goods intended to help alleviate shortages that have intensified amid prolonged blackouts, fuel scarcity and inflation

The Independent UK

Cuba to open hotel sector to management by Cubans at home and abroad after chains leave island

Cuba’s government says it is open to offering the management of the island's hotels to Cubans at home and abroad

Latin Times

Cuba Blasts New U.S. Sanctions After Trump Targets President Díaz-Canel, His Family and Raúl Castro's Inner Circle

Cuba's government lashed out at Washington after the Trump administration imposed a sweeping new round of sanctions on President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, his stepson, relatives of Raúl Castro and five key Cuban entities, escalating a pressure campaign that is now reaching not only the island's formal leadership but also…

Euronews

US sanctions Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as Trump adds pressure to island’s leadership

Thursday’s penalties, which follow Trump signing of an executive order expanding sanctions against the island, freeze individuals’ property and bank accounts in the US.

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The Independent UK

Trump administration imposes sanctions on Cuban president in latest pressure campaign

These sanctions arrive as President Trump has been threatening military action against Cuba

The Independent UK

Raúl Castro celebrates his 95th birthday but remains mum on US indictment

He has made sporadic public appearances since announcing his retirement from politics

Euronews

Who is Raúl Castro: the man who inherited the revolution and still shapes Cuba under pressure

Fidel Castro’s brother and a central pillar of Cuban power for decades, the former leader is back in the spotlight after a US indictment, amid mounting pressure on the regime.

The Times of India

Will Raúl Castro’s indictment over 1996 shooting down of civilian planes push US and Cuba closer to war?

Raúl Castro’s indictment by US over the 1996 shooting down of civilian planes has raised tensions between Washington and Havana, with some analysts warning the move could push the two Cold War rivals closer to open conflict.

The Guardian - US

US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime

Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996

The Independent UK

Timeline of how US-Cuba tensions escalated to possible Raúl Castro indictment

This development unfolds as the US navigates an uneasy ceasefire in its ongoing conflict with Iran

Latin Times

A Ship with Donations from Mexico and Uruguay Reached Cuba: What Did it Bring?

A ship carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico and Uruguay docked in Havana on Monday, bringing food and hygiene products to Cuba as the island confronts a worsening economic and energy crisis tied to fuel shortages, aging infrastructure, and renewed U.S. pressure on countries that supply it with oil.

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