Cuba approves sweeping free-market reforms to avert economic collapse amid US pressure
Al Jazeera—Cuba's government approved a historic package of free-market economic reforms in a dramatic policy reversal aimed at staving off total economic collapse. The reforms come amid sustained pressure from the United States. France 24 reported the package as the most significant shift from the island's socialist model in decades. Al Jazeera noted the reforms were passed by Cuba's National Assembly under extraordinary economic duress.