To explore the possibility of importing agriculturally-based products from Cuba, there are two options: Contact the Cuban Cámara de Comercio (Chamber of Commerce), or Contact the commercial counsellor at the Cuban Embassy within your country.
Read MoreThe Maryland resident faces up to 20 years in prison for “acts against the independence and territorial integrity” of Cuba.
Read MoreThe greatest weakness in the reform initiative lies in the fact that the bureaucrats are in charge of its application, control, the establishment of norms, setting timelines, specifying procedures and deciding on punishment when “shortcomings” are discovered.
Read MoreCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez insisted on the need to eliminate the common position that governs the relations of the European Union (EU) with the island, noting it is the principal obstacle in the normalization of bilateral affairs. Rodríguez spoke in Brussels after a meeting with the Cuban official with Catherine Ashton, chief of European diplomacy.
Read MoreWomen barely represent 38 per cent of the enrolment in technical-professional schools in Cuba, Deputy Minister of Education Kenelma Carvajal announced, pointing to gender-related prejudices as the main cause of this imbalance.
Read MoreCuba will benefit 240,000 persons in Haiti with the implementation of a literacy program through the “Yo sí puedo” method, which will be advised by specialists from the island, reported IPS. According to UN figures, only 52.9 per cent of the Haitian population is literate.
Read MoreHousing construction has nosedived in Cuba since 2006, when 11,373 new homes were built, according to a report by the National Office of Statistics (ONE). In 2010 barely 34,014 homes were built. The housing shortage is one of the biggest problems facing the Cuban population, especially felt by the youth who find it nearly impossible to live independently.
Read MoreAs more Libyan towns and cities fell to anti-government forces Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington is preparing “the full range of options” to respond to the ongoing violence in the oil-rich North African state.
Read MoreCuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez asked U.S. President Barack Obama and Google to finance “a satellite belt that would provide Internet to the Third World,” in a message published in his blog Segunda Cita. Rodríguez was one of the founders of the New Song Movement, one of the island’s most important musical currents in the 20th century.
Read MoreU.S. Judge Kathleen Cardone decided to continue the trial against self-confessed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and rejected the defence’s petition to annul some of the 11 charges or simply cancel the process.
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