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Cuba opens key sectors to private investment as crises deepen
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Cuba has approved a sweeping 176-point emergency reform to open major sectors to private and foreign investment. The shift comes amid severe energy shortages, a tourism collapse, and mounting U.S. pressure. Officials say the changes are meant to rescue the economy without ending socialism.
- 01Cuba approved a 176-point emergency reform after decades of centralized economic control.
- 02Private and foreign investors will enter real estate, banking, gas stations and restaurants.
- 03Power shortages worsened after the U.S. cut oil supplies linked to Venezuela.
- 04Tourism has collapsed, with Russian arrivals falling to 250 in March 2026.
- 05U.S. sanctions, legal pressure and the USS Nimitz deployment added to Havana's urgency.
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