AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoEconomic Reforms: Cuba eased restrictions on private vendors and imports, removing 46 of 125 prohibitions and loosening 35 rules, including allowing private pharmacies to sell more medicines and easing oil-extraction limits for foreign firms—moves framed as necessary as US pressure worsens shortages. Energy & Daily Life: The reforms land as blackouts and rationed services deepen; residents in Havana’s El Fanguito blocked Avenida 23 after more than 48 hours without electricity, water, or gas. Healthcare Under Strain: Doctors say the tightening of care has turned “non-essential” into effectively rationed medicine, with preventive services curtailed and patients arriving worse off. Tourism Shock: Prime Minister Manuel Marrero warned tourism is near “total paralysis,” with about 73% of hotels closed and major chains exiting amid fuel shortages and US sanctions. Shipping & Supply Chains: Marrero also pointed to shipping paralysis and retained containers in nearby ports, hitting food and medicine flows. Private Fuel Retail: Cuba opened fuel retail to private firms, authorizing 100+ non-state operators for wholesale commercialization as a de-facto US fuel blockade continues. Local Industry Adaptation: A Holguín winery is replacing imported production inputs with recycled and locally made substitutes to keep output steady.
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