The Cuban authorities banned the import of auto and motorbike engines and bodyworks, which they had approved two years ago, according to a new resolution published in the Gaceta Oficial. Two months before the government also decided to cancel the purchase of modern cars abroad to replace older models.
Read MoreCuba owes the United States six billion dollars for the expropriation of U.S. persons and companies carried out by Fidel Castro’s government after 1959, according to data from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. The island’s government, for its part, has documented that the US embargo has caused Cuba losses worth more than 96 billion dollars.
Read MoreIt’s sad that Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has not found more intelligent arguments against transgenic foods and that he was only able to appeal to machismo, which served to reinforce existing prejudices against male homosexuality.
Read MoreCuba’s new requirement that travelers to the island either have coverage from an approved foreign health insurance company or purchase a policy from a Cuban firm at the airport takes effect on Saturday May 1.
Read MoreLately, however, I’ve confronted a contradictory feeling. I can no longer speak of the public health system as all-embracing. The reality is that while some doctors work day and night in Havana, Guantanamo or Haiti, others do in fact squander their material resources.
The national media, however, blanket us with data on the Operation Milagro (eye surgery) program, the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, the medical brigade in Haiti and other public health campaigns in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Read MoreYoani Sanchez is without a doubt the most well known Cuban blogger outside of Cuba and while her blog is censured on the island there are a growing number of people who have read some of her entries, be it from CDs, memory sticks or e-mail.
Read MoreHunger striker Guillermo Fariñas, who wants the Cuban government to release what he considers sick political prisoners, said he would not abandon his protest that nears 70 days. Fariñas, who is not a prisoner himself, had been asked by 88 dissidents to end the strike but rejected their request. “It’s not the moment to take the pressure off the government,” he told foreign press in Havana, reported IPS.
Read MoreThe Cuban government has decided to make new investments in sea cargo vessels as well as modernize port facilities. The goal is to increase freight movement by sea, which currently only represents 1.9 percent compared to 79.2 percent by truck.
Read MoreCuba will receive a loan from the Saudi Fund for Development to refurbish several maternity hospitals on the island, affected by the economic crisis the country has faced over the last 20 years.
Read MoreFor those who want to discover something different in terms of music in the city’s historic center, Arab music is performed by the group Aisha al Hanan every Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 in the evening at the El Patio restaurant, where the show is presented in Havana’s Plaza de la Catedral.
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