US Business Coalition Wants Congress to End Embargo on Cuba
A coalition of US agribusiness interests and legislators will present their campaign to life the US embargo on Cuba today at the National Press Club in Washington D.C.
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Business & Economy
Police Mobilized to Collect Garbage Around Havana
Hundreds of National Revolutionary Policy (PNR) Police officers were mobilized for a day with brooms and dustpans to clean up the garbage and rubble-strewn streets of the capital, in response to the prolonged garbage collection crisis the city has been facing.
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Cuba: The Insipid Brew of the Market
These days, Cubans are running into a problem that seems to be cause for surprise. The announced recovery in agricultural and livestock production has not resulted in lower product prices. The sacrosanct offer and demand law ought to have worked to the benefit of lower income people, but, after some time of hearing about the benefits of the market broth, the cups served aren’t as tasty as expected.
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Cuba Says It’s Ready for US Tourists
The head of the Havana Historian’s Office, Eusebio Leal, in charge of the restoration of the city, said today that the Cuban capital is ready to welcome more United States visitors after the historic rapprochement between Cuba and the United States.
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Cuban Gov. to Keep 92% of Worker Salaries
Cubans working for firms with foreign capital on the island received a bucket of cold water on Monday when a new resolution announced fixes their salaries at only 8% of what the joint venture or foreign companies must pay the government in hard currency.
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Naming Havana a “Wonder City” Is an Insult
Though it is true that there is no shortage of marvelous places in our capital (about to turn 500), Havana’s urban architecture threatens to disappear altogether owing to the almost ceaseless collapse of buildings.
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Cuba-Venezuela Sign 62 Accords for 2015
The governments of Cuba and Venezuela just signed 62 joint projects for social and economic development in 2015, reported dpa on Sunday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived at Havana airport on Saturday night.
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Cuba Vacations for Russian Oil Co. Employees
Talk about good labor-management relations! The Russian oil giant Rosneft has budgeted 157 million rubles this year to send 1,800 of its employees on an all-paid winter vacation to Cuba, Dec. 20-Jan. 15, the Russian media report.
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A Look at the Havana Crafts Fair
The annual Havana International Crafts Fair (FIART) is taking place at the Pabexpo facility on the west side of the capital through December 21st. The fair is open to the public daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (27 photos)
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Cuba to Renew Expired Passports in US through March
The Cuban Interests Section in Washington announced today that it will renew until the end of March the expired passports of Cubans living in the United States who plan to travel in the coming months to the island.
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