Some 29,700 visas for family visits, educational, cultural or business-related trips have been issued to Cubans this year. The figure is close to setting a record in the issuing of temporary permits for travel to the United States this fiscal year. Another more than 17,000 have received immigrant visas.
Read MoreIn the past 25 years, the profile of Cuban exports has gone from a strong specialization in goods (nickel, sugar, citrus fruit) to a marked increase in services, especially tourism and health related services.
Read MoreWe present the list of rationed protein products that can be purchased by Havana residents in their local “bodega” stores during the week of September 1-7. The portions are distributed by month on a rotation basis in the 15 municipalities of the capital.
Read MoreThe arrival of foreign tourists to Cuba continued a slowing trend in July, down 0.5% from the same month of 2013. On the bright side, the domestic tourism market grew 21 percent at the Vardero resort, Cuba’s top beach destination, compared to the same period of 2013.
Read MoreTouring workplaces and repeating the same old working class and populist discourse that “it is crucial to listen workers in order to know their concerns and suggestions for overcoming many of the problems that affect them in their workplaces,” Cuba’s Communist Party leaders expect to obtain different results.
Read MoreCuban Customs begins to enforce today the new highly controversial regulations that further limit what travelers can bring into the country, amid the rejection of the population. The measure is geared to protecting the government/military monopoly on domestic commerce.
Read MoreSo as the summer break was coming to an end, I decided to take my son to the Isla de Coco (“Coconut Island”) amusement park. The park was built where the renowned “Coney Island” was once located, in Havana’s neighborhood of Playa.
Read MorePeriodic shortages in Cuba of home and personal hygiene products marketed in stores selling in both regular pesos and hard currency will remain for the remainder of 2014, reported the official press on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) announced measures this week to minimize the entry of illicit capital through transactions resulting from the opening of the island to foreign capital under the recently adopted Foreign Investment Law.
Read MoreOn Saturday August 30th the Puentes Grandes Shopping Plaza opens its doors in the Cuban capital. The government administered stores are located in a restored building in the municipality of Cerro and will charge in both Cuban currencies.
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