The president of Google, Eric Schmidt, and three other executives of the US multinational company visited Cuba this past week where some met with blogger Yoani Sanchez, states a news item published by the online newspaper 14ymedio, edited by the dissident.
Read MoreThe Red Bull North America beverage company was fined US $89,775 on Friday for having filmed a documentary in Cuba, in violation of the more than half century embargo Washington maintains against the island, reports Granma newspaper.
Read MoreThe Cuban government cut its prediction for economic growth in 2014 to only 1.4% down from 2.2 %, reported dpa news on Monday. The figures reflect a “higher than expected slowdown, Economy Minister Adel Yzquierdo told a cabinet meeting.
Read MoreThe temporary unblocking of several Cuba related websites proved only a momentary lapse of those in charge at the Ministry of Telecommunications of deciding what information can circulate on the island.
Read MoreThe Cuban travel agency Havanatur is making a killing through the sale of Havana-Miami and Miami-Havana air tickets, despite the lack of information and disorganization surrounding these transactions.There are no alternatives one can turn to, because Havanatur is a State-run monopoly.
Read MoreThe trial of Canadian entrepreneur Cy Tokmakjian, arrested more than two years ago on corruption charges in Cuba, has been underway since June 9th in a Havana court and is expected to extend for at least two weeks, said sources related to the case.
Read MoreWe present the list of rationed protein products that Havana residents can buy this week (June 16-22) with their ration booklets at their neighborhood bodega stores.
Read MoreWhile many Cubans still base their life hopes on permanent emigration, a growing number of compatriots are returning to their homeland. Some, not few, do so to invest their small capital in private enterprises, in the context of the “updating” of the economic model that the Cuban government is carrying out.
Read MoreWe present the list of protein products that Havana residents can buy with their ration booklets in their local bodega stores during the week of June 6-11. The products are distributed by monthly on a rotating basis in the 15 municipalities of the capital.
Read MoreFormer Secretary of State and former First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton claims to have urged President Barack Obama to end the long economic embargo on Cuba, states her soon to be released memoirs entitled “Hard Choices.”
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