Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Cuba as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Cuba: Country now close to a failed State
Cuba’s economy has long only survived US sanctions, collective policies that do not work and a corrupt and incompetent regime because of slender financial support from Russia, Nicaragua and a coterie of other rogue nations …
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Cuba: New data protection law
Cuba will introduce Personal Data Protection Law 149 with effect from February 2023 …
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Cuba: Extensive maternity protection
A number of new benefits for working parents have now been introduced …
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Cuba: Government to increase minimum salary fivefold from January 2021
With effect from 1st January 2021, the monthly gross minimum wage will be increased by 525% from 400 (US$15) to 2,100 pesos (US$79) …
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Cuba: 400% increase in home workers
The Cuban Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Feitó, has revealed a 400% increase in home workers during March and has confirmed that such workers will remain entitled to 100% of their normal remuneration and also retain their stipend for lunch …
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Cuba: More than 600,000 workers in Cuban private sector
The Ministry of Labor and Social Security has recently released data suggesting that there are some 600,000 self-employed workers (also known as Cuentapropistas) across the country, amounting to 13% of the employed population …
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Cuba: Legal norms governing self-employment modified
The government has implemented new regulations to make self-employment lawful and open up the possibility of engagement on two or more projects at the same time …
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Cuba: Higher than expected rise in average salaries
It is always difficult to determine the truth behind news reports from government statements in planned economies like Cuba …
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