Cuba has 1,418 megawatts of solar across 144 parks and 50 megawatts of storage. Union Electrica forecasts the shortfall at the peak hour, when photovoltaic output is zero. On 17 October it put availability at 758 megawatts against 2,800 of demand.
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The State Department designated Cuba's Banco Internacional de Comercio S.A. on 15 October 2026, saying it had served Iran's Karafarin Bank since 2022. The designation was made under a clause of Executive Order 14404 requiring only that a firm operate in Cuba's financial services sector.
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Cuba opened its first Mercado de Abasto.cu in Sancti Spiritus on 10 October, with a minimum purchase of US$200 or 24,000 Cuban pesos. Resolution 13/2026, the instrument that created these markets, contains no figure. It delegates the minimum to the company running the market.
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The Dominican Republic received 9,241,246 visitors between January and September 2026, up 7.5 per cent, Tourism Minister David Collado said on 6 October. September alone brought 684,831, more than Cuba's 419,863 for January to July. Cruise arrivals grew 54.7 per cent.
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Cuba's deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío told The Atlantic on 16 September 2026 that central planning "is exhausted". CARICOM has shipped food and medical aid through Mexico since February; its baby-formula payments were rejected three times before clearing.
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The US designated four Cuban nickel companies, four military research centres and three officers under Executive Order 14404 on 17 September 2026, the third round in four weeks to reach the nickel industry at Moa and Nicaro.
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Cuba drew 419,863 international visitors between January and July 2026, 37.2 per cent of the same period in 2025, on ONEI figures. Melia, Iberostar and Royalton suspended contracts. Caribbean tourism leaders convene in Georgetown from 5 October for SOTIC 2026.
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The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Cuba tourism ministry on 13 July 2026, blocked ten Ecuadorian fishing vessels on 20 August, and authorised six oil companies to work in Venezuela on 27 August. Three countries, three executive orders, one office.
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