AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCentral Banking & Payments: Cuba’s Central Bank scrapped the 5,000-peso cash limit for transactions between economic actors, replacing it with a bank-by-bank flexible cash scheme to push more transfer payments. Energy & Grid Stability: Cuba’s national power system keeps buckling, with another collapse triggering widespread blackouts, water failures, and renewed street anger. Public Order & Protests: In Havana, residents in areas like El Cerro and Luyanó staged pot-banging and street blockades over lack of electricity and water, while authorities mobilized rapid-response forces and special police units. Agriculture & Fuel Substitution: Leaders urged farmers to use biomass, firewood, and photovoltaics to cut diesel dependence, including visits to agricultural sites in Mayabeque and Arroyo Naranjo. Logistics & Sanctions Impact: A shipping disruption left humanitarian cargo stranded in Jamaica after CMA CGM suspended bookings to Cuba under U.S. pressure, affecting medical supplies. State Business Rules: New decree-laws were approved to update Cuba’s state enterprise system and agricultural cooperative framework. Education & Youth Outlook: An official journalist highlighted how young Cubans increasingly see university as unprofitable, pushing many toward quick-pay jobs instead.
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