🏛 Regime-Operated Businesses · What you're really funding
In a 100%-state-controlled economy, no business operates without a state license, hard-currency access, and MININT tolerance. This registry identifies the public-facing businesses owned by the state / GAESA / the armed forces — and nominally-private fronts — so customers know who they are actually funding.
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📡 ETECSA
TELECOM
GAESA (military)
⛔ US-RESTRICTED ⛓ 1 leaked doc → Real owner: The Military-Run Gaesa Conglomerate
Public-facing telecom business owned/controlled by the military-run GAESA conglomerate. Revenue flows to the Cuban state apparatus; customers may mistake 'ETECSA' for an independent enterprise.
📡 Servicios de Telecomunicaciones a los Órganos de la Defensa
TELECOM
STATE-OWNED
Real owner: The Cuban State
Public-facing telecom business owned/controlled by the Cuban state. Revenue flows to the Cuban state apparatus; customers may mistake 'Servicios de Telecomunicaciones a los Órganos de la Defensa' for an independent enterprise.