To carry out the indispensably needed social adjustment and to improve the economy and their own opportunities for accumulation, the political elite is counting on two resources: political/police control as well as émigrés and their remittances.
Read MoreThe Cuban government aims to expand the opening for foreign investment and reduce the State’s weight in the national economy. The authorities will also give greater opportunities to the development of the domestic private sector and will give autonomy to public enterprises, which will be eliminated if they are not efficient.
Read MoreThe precipitation during this year’s rainy season, between May and November, did not reduce the deficit in several Cuban regions, according to the report on the State of Drought from the Institute of Meteorology. That institution also forecasted that November would be cool and have rains close to normal throughout the island.
Read MoreThree municipalities in Guatemala were declared free of illiteracy by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), thanks to the use of the Cuban “Yo sí puedo” (Yes I can) literacy method and the consultancy services of specialists from the island.
Read MoreNow correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t the U.S. have an embargo on the country of Cuba and not the person of Castro?
Read MoreThe families of the last 13 Cuban dissidents set to be released from prison are experiencing “tension, but we have not lost hope that they might be freed at any moment.
Read MoreIt wasn’t easy but the Morenas del Caribe, Cuba’s popular women’s volleyball team, defeated the Czech Republic three sets to one Tuesday in the World Championships taking place in Japan.
Read MoreA long awaited congress of the Communist Party of Cuba was announced Monday by President Raul Castro for April, 2011. Cuba’s only allowed political party “will center it’s analysis on the economic and social model of the country,” said Raul who is the second secretary of the organization still led by Fidel Castro.
Read MoreOver-exploitation of jack mackerel, the main commercial species of fish caught in Chile, has caused the decline of the Pacific ocean species and a crisis in the fishing industry. Scientists recommend halving the catch in 2011.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez acknowledged Cuba’s support in the fields of health, education and other sectors for the last 10 years during an appearance on the island’s state-run television. Chávez traveled to the Caribbean country to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the first cooperation agreement between both nations under his government.
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