Cuba’s proud sugar industry, once the locomotive of the country’s economy, powerful enough to produce a popular saying (“no sugar, no country”), now struggles to come out of the coma it’s been in for the past decade.
Read MoreThe arrival of tourists to Cuba rose sharply by 15 percent in the first quarter of 2015, after the historic diplomatic rapprochement with the United States, reported dpa news on Thursday.
Read MoreCuba’s Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) was assessed to be “deficient” during the first comprehensive State inspection conducted recently, after 670 illegal administrative practices were detected and 340 fines were applied on this government body.
Read MoreCubans will have to start paying attention to what the stickers they put on windows and vehicles actually say – even if they are in English or Chinese. One such sticker has cost three employees a demotion with Viazul.
Read MoreThe Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors.
Read MoreMore than 40 Spanish entrepreneurs headed by Spain’s State Secretary for Trade Jaime Garcia Legaz are taking part in a business forum held at Havana’s Hotel Nacional to learn of business and investment opportunities currently being offered by Cuba.
Read MorePotatoes have become something of a “luxury” item for millions of Cubans living in provinces where this root vegetable isn’t grown.
Read MoreThe online portal for holiday homes Airbnb announced on Thursday that it will offer home rentals in Cuba, becoming the first US company to provide accommodation on the island.
Read MorePractically off the map, or at least far away from any respectable road, a rural community in Cuba is working for a decorous and prosperous future, relying on the efforts of many locals – locals who do not exactly consider their city as a bastion of salvation.
Read MoreFidel Castro Díaz-Balart, the Cuban leader’s eldest son, met Friday (March 27) in Novosibirsk with the city’s mayor, Anatoly Lokot, and the region’s governor, Vladimir Gorodetsky, to discuss closer relations between Cuba and the region in general and its scientific institutions in particular.
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