Cuba's Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) approved a regulatory update that expands tax benefits for natural persons engaged in economic activities—such as self-employed workers, agricultural producers, and artists—who invest in renewable energy sources. This measure is part of the national strategy to transform the energy matrix.

Cuba’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, dismissed as “speculation” reports of alleged contacts between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a grandson of Cuban revolutionary leader Raúl Castro, and reaffirmed that Havana bases its analysis of the bilateral relationship “on public and verifiable facts.”

On Tuesday, Cuba reaffirmed its zero-tolerance policy toward illicit drug trafficking by presenting the results of the comprehensive crackdown carried out during 2025, a period in which 1,941 kilograms of narcotics originating from maritime landings were seized.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, called on Wednesday for dialogue with the United States, which they asked to renounce its plans to blockade the Caribbean island.