Leader admits price controls failed to curb inflation amid economic pressures in Cuba.

The entities involved

• Cuba →

  island in the Caribbean

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• Miguel Díaz-Canel →

  First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba since 2021

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