Vintage and modern cars are parked along Avenida del Puerto in Havana, on June 17, 2026. Pablo Porciuncula / AFP via Getty Images
Cuba’s National Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved more than 175 economic reforms that would increase private enterprise within the country’s state-managed socialist framework. The package targets long-standing inefficiencies and the impact of U.S. sanctions.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero introduced the measures in a nearly two-hour televised address to lawmakers, while President Miguel Díaz-Canel spoke ahead of the vote and discussed upholding socialist organization amid external pressure.
