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Díaz-Canel questions US measures over new restrictions on Cuban private firms
He said the move undercuts reforms that now let private firms employ more than 100 workers and trade without state intermediaries.
- On Friday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel accused the United States of hypocrisy for promoting private enterprise while imposing new restrictions against privately-owned Cuban businesses.
- Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Canel recently discussed a June reform package allowing private businesses to employ more than 100 workers and operate without state intermediaries.
- Washington this week revoked permission for Cuban entrepreneurs to open U.S. bank accounts, a move independent analysts described as a significant setback for private enterprise.
- Rejecting assertions by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Cuba is a "failed state," Canel declared, "We are not going to stop."
- Five years of economic crisis have strained the island, with infrastructure failures including blackouts lasting more than 30 hours further constraining available resources.
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Díaz-Canel questions US measures over new restrictions on Cuban private firms
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel accuses the United States of hypocrisy for promoting private enterprise in Cuba while imposing new restrictions on Cuban businesses.
·New York, United States
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