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Leia em portuguêsCuba’s leadership signed off on a sweeping list of 176 market-liberalization measures covering 23 core areas, as the Caribbean nation tries to rescue a moribund economy that’s being squeezed by US sanctions.
The Communist Party’s central committee approved the measures late Wednesday, according to state-run newspaper Granma. The National Assembly has been called in for a special session to ratify them Thursday.President Miguel Díaz-Canel first flagged the reforms last week and they touch almost all sectors of the economy, including energy, agriculture and foreign trade. But it’s unclear whether they will satisfy Donald Trump, who has imposed a de facto fuel blockade on the island and is aggressively expanding US sanctions in a bid to end nearly seven decades of one-party rule.Without addressing the specific reforms, Vice President JD Vance said the US continues to negotiate with the government in Havana. “If they make smart decisions, we’re going to have a much better relationship with that island,” he told reporters Thursday at the White House.The moves Cuba’s government highlighted include:
Leveling the field for state-run and private enterprise, as well as foreign and domestic investors, by providing “uniform legal rules”
