Cabaret in Cuba

Cuba's 2022 Penal Code (Law 151, published in the Gaceta Oficial on 1 September 2022) does not make selling or buying sex between adults a crime. It punishes, with four to ten years, anyone who induces another person to engage in prostitution or 'carnal commerce' or in any way cooperates in or promotes it, who owns, runs or finances premises where it takes place, or who profits from another's prostitution (Art. 364); eight to twenty years with aggravating factors, up to life if linked to transnational organised crime. The 1987 code's pre-criminal 'dangerous state' provisions are gone, but the Ministry of the Interior can still issue official warnings (Art. 434) and independent media report warning letters against sex workers. The 2023 Social Communication Law bans content that 'stimulates' prostitution. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/cuba/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.