True monetary unification will be difficult to achieve in Cuba. The steps taken so far, coupled with what we know about how the Party-State operates, suggest we will continue to see the opportunistic use of multiple exchange rates.
Read MoreCoverage in Cuba on the situation of the poor in other countries is extensive and crowned by bold headlines. Here, on the other hand, we get a mere slice of our news, a hidden phrase somewhere at best.
Read MoreCuba’s CIMEX corporation recognized that one of its establishments was selling adulterated bottles of the popular Havana Club rum, the government’s website CubaDebate reported.
Read MoreAerolineas Argentinas (AA) will start a new service from Buenos Aires to Havana on Sunday January 4, 2015, confirmed the head of the airline, Mariano Recalde on Monday.
Read MoreThe Cuban government heard the voice of the public and reopened terminal 3 at the Jose Marti Airport to people sending off or receiving travelers. Cyberspace had filled with protests after the closing of the facility.
Read MoreAre there reasons to believe a change in Cuba’s economic strategies is coming, or is this merely a cosmetic change in the high spheres of power?
Read MoreCanadian businessman Vahe Cy Tokmakjian, 74, president of the Tokmakjian Group, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Cuban court on charges of corruption, trafficking hard currencies and tax evasion conducted on the island. Two other Canadian citizens and board members of the Tokmakjian Group in Cuba, entrepreneurs Claudio Franco and Marco Vinicio Vetere Puche Rodríguez, were sentenced to 12 and eight years in prison, respectively.
Read MoreThe work of the alternative online media had a strong impact at the highest levels of the Cuban government with the news about the new perfumes “Ernesto” (for Che Guevara) and “Hugo” (for Hugo Chavez) .
Read MoreCuba’s state telecommunications monopoly (ETECSA) suspended its voice mail service until further notice, after a massive fraud in the charging of its customers became public.
Read MoreCuban authorities plan to raise the number of Cuban doctors heading for Africa to fight the ebola outbreak to 461, reported dpa news. Most of the Cubans will arrive to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea in October.
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