Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged crimes and drug addictions are increasing in Cuba as the country grapples with a severe economic crisis.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged the toll the country's deepening economic crisis is having on society, saying that it has led to a spike in "violence, addictions and vandalism ...

Crisis in Cuba. Cuba’s economic crisis is worsening. The country lost 10% of its population to migration, but the government announced a crackdown on the private sector.

Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis. The island was hit by a nationwide blackout on Friday, but prime minister says country ‘not yet in a bottomless abyss’.

Illegal drug use and violent crime, once rare in Cuba, are on the rise, the island’s leaders have told the country’s National Assembly in a session where officials shared data showing the ...