Nora Gámez Torres
@ngameztorres
Periodista, Cuba/US-Latam policy reporter for el Nuevo Herald & Miami Herald. PhD in sociology from City, University of London. LSE alumna. RT≠endorsement
The embargo has little to do with how the Communist Party chooses to run the island’s centralized economy or why it curtails the rights of its citizens. “It’s not about the embargo, it’s about the exhaustion of a 62 years old model.” #Cuba miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
#Cuba's PM today -Modest rise in state pensions -Gov will allow "swap operations" involving foreign companies leasing hotels & joint ventures b/state& private sector -Indiscretion confirming $ from medical missions doesn't go entirely to publish health miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
Marrero hoy - Modesto aumento en pensiones estatales - #Cuba permitirá operaciones de "swap" con compañías extranjeras que arriendan hoteles y empresas mixtas e/estado y los privados - Confirma que $ de misiones médicas no se destina del todo a la salud elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri…
And just like that, the minister was sacked, suggesting 1) Cuban authorities are nervous, want to avoid further protests in a difficult context & 2) they can’t/won’t fix the economy so they are eager to show some decisiveness (when is easy). #Cuba miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
La economía de #Cuba sigue en caída libre: se contrajo 11% en los últimos 5 años. En medio del desastre, los taxes del sector privado ya son suficientes para cubrir, por ejemplo, el presupuesto de la seguridad social. elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri…
#Cuba's economy is in free fall: it shrank 1,1% in 2024, 11% in the past 5 years. But here's an interesting figure: taxes paid by the private sector made up 23% of the state's fiscal revenue, enough to cover, for example, Social Security's annual budget. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
#Exclusiva En otro aniversario del #11J, EEUU impuso sanciones de visado al gobernante de #Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel por "violaciones flagrantes de los derechos humanos". También sancionó a ministros de las FAR y el MININT y añadió 11 hoteles a lista negra. elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri…
#Breaking Coinciding with the 4th anniversary of the #11J protests, @StateDept slaps visa sanctions on #Cuba's leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, for "gross violations of human rights." State also sanctioned FAR & MININT ministers and banned 11 military-run hotels.miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
‘Viviendo los momentos más difíciles’, dicen activistas cubanos a diplomáticos de EEUU elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri… @ngameztorres
Landau met virtually w/ activists in #Cuba amid diplomatic tension. In video Rubio said he knew the risk they face, “it’s not easy to challenge a regime that does everything possible to punish you…it’s much easier to leave. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
‘We are living through the most difficult times,’ Havana activists tell U.S. diplomats during virtual meeting at the U.S embassy. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
In major escalation, the U.S. will sanction foreign companies supporting #Cuba’s military. Secondary sanctions against companies like #Spain’s Meliá, that’s what’s new in this memo. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
Compañías de #España y otros países estarán expuestas a sanciones secundarias de EEUU por sus negocios con GAESA, el conglomerado militar de #Cuba
Estados Unidos sancionará a empresas extranjeras que negocien con militares de Cuba elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri… @ngameztorres
#Breaking In a significant step in the “tough #Cuba policy” promised by @SecRubio, the Trump administration will punish foreign companies that do business with military companies in Cuba as part of a maximum pressure campaign on the communist-run island. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
En un paso significativo para implementar la “política de mano dura contra #Cuba” prometida por @SecRubio, EEUU sancionará a empresas extranjeras que negocien con empresas militares en Cuba como parte de una campaña de máxima presión. elnuevoherald.com/noticias/ameri…