
Cuba's prime minister on Thursday presented lawmakers with sweeping reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raúl Castro that would privatize a vast swath of its socialist economy in a bid to survive punishing U.S. sanctions.

Cuba's prime minister on Thursday presented lawmakers with sweeping reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raúl Castro that would privatize a vast swath of its socialist economy in a bid to survive punishing U.S. sanctions.