Cuba Goes Dark Again in Its Second Blackout in a Week
Cuba blackout struck again at 4:30 pm July 10—the 4th total grid failure of 2026, with a 2,000 MW shortfall...
July 11, 2026Section
Cuba News in English
The Rio Times covers Cuba daily in English — the economy, the peso, politics, tourism and daily life on the island. Today’s Cuba news in English, updated every day, plus our guides for visitors, expats and investors.
Cuba Removed Otero Alcántara From Prison. He Has Vanished.
Otero Alcántara vanished after Cuba removed him from Guanajay prison 2 days before his sentence ended July 9—family has no...
July 9, 2026Cuba’s Biggest Power Plant Now Fails Every Eleven Days
Cuba's national grid went dark again on Monday, the eighth total collapse in two years. Its largest plant has now...
July 9, 2026
GAESA, The Secretive Military Empire That Controls Cuba’s Economy
GAESA, the Cuba military conglomerate owned by the armed forces, controls roughly 40% of the economy and holds about US$14.5bn...
June 25, 2026
US Sanctions Hit the Cuban Bank Foreign Investors Rely On
Washington has blacklisted five Cuban entities, including the bank most foreign investors use, just as Havana courts outside money. The...
June 24, 2026
ExxonMobil Can Sue Cuba Over $1bn in Seized Property
The US Supreme Court has cleared ExxonMobil to sue Cuba over property seized in the nineteen-sixties, handing Washington fresh leverage...
June 24, 2026
Ramiro Valdés, One of the Last Men Who Sailed With Cuba’s Castro Has Died
Ramiro Valdés, a commander of the Cuban Revolution and architect of its security state, has died at 94, leaving Raúl...
June 22, 2026
Cuba Approves Its Biggest Economic Overhaul Since the Revolution
Cuba's parliament passed 176 economic measures—private banks, foreign trade, diaspora investment—in the island's largest policy shift since the 1959 revolution....
June 20, 2026
Cuba Unveils Economic Reforms as US Squeeze Deepens Crisis
Cuba has unveiled sweeping economic reforms to draw investment and loosen state control, as a tightening US embargo and an...
June 14, 2026