AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoTourism Shock: Cuba’s tourism sector is facing its worst crisis in decades as major hotel groups (including Meliá, Iberostar and Barceló) terminate management contracts and liquidate operations amid intensified US extraterritorial sanctions and secondary-sanctions fears. Hospital Convenience for Visitors: Santiago de Cuba’s Saturnino Lora Torres Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital opened “Garaje Lesli,” an on-site hygiene shop selling essentials like soap, antiseptic gel, diapers, shampoo and toilet paper—meant to keep patients and families from having to leave the facility. Exchange-Rate Watch: Cuba’s informal market closed Aug. 27 with the US dollar edging up to 670 CUP, the euro slipping to 756 CUP, and the MLC rising to about 469 CUP (with limited data). School-Year Push: Cuba expects about 1.5 million children and adolescents to start classes Sept. 1, with “flexibility” and individualized support, plus double sessions planned in some schools. Health Story With Global Reach: Activist Yamilka Lafita shared fresh photos of Amanda Lemus Ortiz in Spain, urging Cuba’s health ministry to see that her liver-transplant outcome was possible. Legal/Travel Safety Note: A Texas case resurfaced in Cuban state media involving a Cuban man accused in the US of burglary and theft, while he’s been portrayed as running a coffee business in Santiago.
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