Sixty-three percent of the US population supports the decision by President Barack Obama to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, after half a century of rupture. Sixty-six perccent also favor the lifting of the trade embargo on the island.
Read MoreThis Cuban government announced Wednesday that it would issue 200, 500 and 1,000-peso (CUP) notes and that these would be put into circulation on February 1 this year in preparation for the country’s imminent monetary unification process.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department has just published a list of questions and answers to help US citizens and Cubans understand the changes in policy towards the island announced today that loosens travel restrictions and softens aspects of the embargo.
Read MoreThe Obama administration announced Thursday that it will open up travel for individual US citizens to Cuba and relax aspects of the embargo on the island nation including the lifting of some restrictions on trade and investment,
Read MoreWork on a new multipurpose terminal at the Guillermón Moncada Port in Santiago de Cuba began Tuesday (Jan. 13), when Chinese and Cuban construction specialists surveyed 10 hectares west of the site.
Read MoreThis past January 1, a special program offering “express entry” to qualified individuals wishing to become permanent residents of Canada came into effect, affording new opportunities to Cuban professionals interested in options outside the island.
Read MoreLa Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) denied on Monday that they would offer WiFi service with internet connection, as reported by the island’s official journalist association UPEC.
Read MoreI preferred to take pictures of supermarkets in the less pretty side of Caracas, the side where, presumably, the majority are Chavistas; where people wouldn’t be swayed by false alarms of a national strike, much less join a call from the opposition to buy up everything you find in supermarkets. (18 photos)
Read MoreThe Cuban monopoly telecommunication’s company ETECSA announces that an experimental WiFi conecction will become available in Santiago de Cuba during January. The price will be 4.50 CUC (5.00 USD) per hour, the equivalent of an average week’s salary on the island.
Read MoreA 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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