Cuba

By the time Hurricane Melissa left Santiago de Cuba Bay, almost no houses on Cayo Granma had roofs, and dozens had been completely destroyed. Many residents spent that night sheltering…
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When Alejandro Gil Fernández — once Cuba’s public face of economic reform, a deputy prime minister, and the architect of a significant 2021 monetary overhaul — disappeared from the…
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba early on October 29, 2025, with a ferocity that alarmed even seasoned meteorologists and emergency managers. Having already ravaged…
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In a surprising move for one of the world’s most heavily controlled economies, Cuba is making a bold effort to attract foreign investment into its struggling tourism industry. The…
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A year ago, the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) responded to predictions about the removal of products from the regulated basket with a tweet in which it declined to take…
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Two months into the fall of 2025, Cubans are enduring one of the worst energy crises in decades. From Santiago to Pinar del Río, long-lasting blackouts have plunged communities into…
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Assata Shakur, a Black revolutionary who inspired generations of activists to struggle for a better world, passed away on Thursday in Havana, Cuba, where she had lived in exile from the…
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This month, the Cuba Study Group released a report authored by Ricardo Torres, an economist specializing in the Cuban economy who has written for Progreso Weekly in the past. The…
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For the fourth time in less than a year, Cuba has been plunged into complete darkness. On the evening of September 10, 2025, the island’s electrical grid collapsed once again, cutting…
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With a deep rumble, the massive threshing wheel of the rice harvester pushes through the tightly packed green stalks. The plants vanish into the belly of the machine, where rice grains…
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