Cuba forecasts only slight growth rise as crisis grips island

People buy vegetables on the street in downtown Havana, Cuba, November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) - Crisis-hit Cuba on Monday forecast economic growth of 3% for 2023 and reported 2% in 2022, half of what it had previously predicted and down 8% from the pre-pandemic level.

This year has proved tough for most Cubans, who had already suffered as a result of two years of pandemic lockdowns, raging inflation and food, medicine and other shortages.