On Wednesday, Cuba's Council of State, led by Esteban Lazo Hernández, passed three new decree-laws during an extraordinary session. These laws include "On Strengthening Social Work," "On Employment of Workers for Administrative, Technical, or Service Roles in Foreign Entities," and "On Oil and Gas," as reported by the state-run outlet Cubadebate.
The decrees are part of a broader legislative overhaul stemming from 176 economic and social transformations approved by the National Assembly of People's Power on June 18 and 19, 2026. This comprehensive reform package, the largest in decades, is organized into 23 thematic areas.
Implementing these reforms demands a significant overhaul of existing laws. The regime acknowledged that over 148 legal provisions must be amended or repealed, with the introduction of 32 new overarching regulations, including 10 laws, 14 decree-laws, and eight decrees.
These newly approved decree-laws are not the first in this process. Previously, on July 16, the Council of State approved two similar regulations—covering the State Business System and Agricultural Cooperatives. By the end of July, the National Assembly enacted five structural laws, including a new Labor Code published as Law 189 on August 14, replacing the 2013 Law 116.
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