AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoTourism Shock: Cuba’s hotel crisis is deepening fast: Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz said 73% of hotel facilities are closed, leaving about 25,000 workers “available,” and seven foreign chains have stopped operating—Meliá, Iberostar and Barceló among them—while the government links the collapse to U.S. sanctions pressure on foreign business. Energy & Investment Contradictions: Critics are pointing to the K-23 “monument to failure” in Havana—reportedly a $200M-plus luxury project with low occupancy—while the electrical system struggles, raising questions about whether tourism spending is out of sync with Cuba’s power reality. Currency Watch: In the informal market, the dollar opened higher at 675 CUP and the euro at 763 CUP, underscoring persistent peso pressure amid structural shortages. Digital Governance Push: Díaz-Canel marked the first anniversary of the Sovereignty Platform, citing tens of thousands of digital identities and applications, but admitting uptake still lags in a country facing outages and weak connectivity. Education Funding: National tuition scholarships in St. Vincent and the Grenadines fell to 2,466 for 2026/27, down more than 500 from the prior year’s peak—an example of how budgets are tightening. Local Crisis Voices: Rigoberto Ferrera’s latest post boils the situation down to “hours without light, weeks without water,” while Cubans keep reporting daily breakdowns in basic services.
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