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Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move
Key takeaways
- The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling.
- The package was submitted to the country’s National Assembly on Thursday, where it is all but assured to pass.
- The plan would expand opportunities for private enterprise and create measures to attract additional foreign investment, including from Cubans abroad.
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The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has acknowledged that some of the island's economic problems 'don't come from outside', a reference to foreign pressure campaigns [Getty]By AFP and Reuters Published On 18 Jun 202618 Jun 2026Cuba’s Communist Party has approved a raft of unprecedented free-market measures as part of an emergency economic package.
The package was submitted to the country’s National Assembly on Thursday, where it is all but assured to pass.
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