Cuba Business & Politics

Worsening Energy Crisis

• 🔥 Thermoelectric Plant Failure: Unit 1 of the Ernesto Guevara de la Serna Thermal Power Plant went offline due to a...

• Plant outage escalates crisis: Ernesto Guevara Unit 1 offline at 8:12 PM, worsening SEN's 1,643 MW shortfall amid 3,500 MW demand.
• Gov't response...

• US maximum pressure escalates with oil blockade (no imports for 4 months except Russian tanker), Venezuela-style economic choke, and collapse...

US Lawmakers Denounce Oil Blockade After Cuba Visit

• 🔥 First Congressional Meeting with Diaz-Canel: US Representatives Pramila Jayapal and...

• Prisoner releases of over 2,000 plus FBI cooperation show Cuban goodwill amid energy crisis from US oil blockade.
• Diaz-Canel voices readiness for...

US Democrats Slam Embargo After Cuba Visit

• 🔥 Lawmakers Cite Humanitarian Crisis: Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson described the US...

• Humanitarian fallout from Trump's 3-month fuel blockade hits hard: premature babies at risk, schools closed, food production at 10% capacity – Dems...

Key investor alert: Cuban regime touts refugee commitment in Geneva, but mass exodus persists amid crisis.

• 300k+ Cubans sought asylum in 2023;...

Cuba leases Turkish Powership amid blackouts affecting 10 million from grid collapses and US oil embargo.

• Belgin Sultan (up to 76 MW) from...

Prisoner Releases Underway

• 🔥 Cuba has begun releasing prisoners after granting an indult to 2,010 inmates as a humanitarian gesture for Easter,...

• Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners as humanitarian gesture for Semana Santa, with first releases in La Habana.
• Over 20 detainees exit prison,...

Cuba's Central Bank is releasing 2,000 and 5,000 peso notes (roughly $4 and $10), honoring women, to ease inflation—a practical tweak signaling managed economic adjustments for business amid pressures.

Key developments in US-Cuba ties:

• Trump recently turned attention to Cuba, calling it 'next'
• Officials from both sides in negotiations since...

Prisoner Releases Underway

• 🔥 Government Pardons 2,010 Inmates: Cuban authorities announced plans Thursday to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a...

Key timeline of Cuba's humanitarian pardon, signaling diplomacy under US pressure:

• Thu announcement: Government pardons 2,010 inmates as "sovereign...

Russian Oil Deliveries Amid US Sanctions

• 🔥 Second Tanker En Route: Russia is sending a second fuel tanker to Cuba after the first unloaded...

• 5000 pesos bill with Celia Sánchez Manduley starts circulating in Havana from April 1, 2026, then gradually nationwide.
• 2000 pesos bill featuring...

• Second tanker loading after Anatoly Kolodkin delivered 740,000 barrels to Matanzas; Russian Energy Minister confirms dispatch.
• Cuba faces...

Anti-imperialist march in Havana draws Cubans in a live-streamed event tagged #protest, highlighting social unrest indicators for Havana business security and labor stability.

Major investor alert: U.S. fuel embargo and tightened Trump sanctions are strangling Cuba's agricultural system from seed to table—exacerbating hunger and disrupting food security for consumer and agribusiness sectors.