AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoTourism Crisis: Cuba’s Gaviota group says just 3,470 of its more than 30,000 hotel rooms are operating. Separately, visitor arrivals fell 64.4% through August, with one forecast projecting a 10.3% economic contraction this year. Public Health: Dengue cases have topped 11,000—more than nine times the expected average—as health and power systems struggle. Rights and History: On the 158th anniversary of the Grito de Yara, critics drew parallels between Carlos Manuel de Céspedes’s call for freedoms and today’s limits on dissent and political competition. Fuel and Sanctions: Cuba condemned the U.S. seizure of more than 2.2 million liters of biodiesel bound for a Cuban company, calling the action illegal. Cost of Living: Residents criticized Cienfuegos’ new “neighborhood market” after prices included 1,950 pesos for powdered milk and 130 pesos for an egg—steep costs against a monthly minimum wage of 3,210 pesos.
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