The European Union (EU) and Cuba closed a first round of negotiations on Wednesday towards achieving a Political Dialogue and Cooperation, described as “fruitful” by the European delegation. The Cuban delegation did not make a statement.
Read MoreCuba’s Official Gazette published a series of legislative measures aimed at giving State companies greater administrative autonomy and relaxing government control over their management. Under the new norms, State companies will be authorized to retain up to 50 percent of their earnings after taxes.
Read MoreTravel agencies selling tickets from the United States to Cuba are trying to prevent Cubans with expired passports from boarding planes to the island, after the Cuban government hardened its requirement on revalidated passports. The situation mainly affects travel by Cuban-Americans.
Read MoreThe life of the young Cuban baseball player Yasiel Puig, one of the rising stars of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will be the subject for a Hollywood movie, reported “The Hollywood Reporter,” with RatPack Entertainment as the producers.
Read MoreThe state monopoly telecommunications company of Cuba (ETECSA) faces a crisis due to errors in the calculation of the demand for its email service on mobile phones, made available since March 3rd.
Read MoreHeineken has been the top-selling beer in Havana for some days now. The city’s Carlos III shopping mall, possibly the largest in the country, appears to have no other beer brand in stock, and one runs into the familiar green bottle at every street corner in the capital.
Read MoreSustainable development” has been Cuba’s guiding tenet since the publication of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and Revolution in 2011.The concept, assumed as an axiom, does not require any kind of verification – it is an absolute truth.
Read MoreThe Cuban customs service published today a list of the foreign courier and package delivery agencies operating legally under contract with Cuban operators, authorized to perform these operations, reported Cubadebate.
Read MoreOne of the restaurants in Santiago de Cuba that has survived the many ups and downs of private business on the island is the Salón Tropical. Its owner, Nilda Gil, has managed the place from the start, as best as the rules of the game allowed her.
Read MoreWorkers employed at Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) will be paid 80 percent of the salaries agreed to under their contracts between the Cuban government’s employment agencies and the investors. The payments are to be made in Cuban pesos (CUP), under an extraordinary exchange rate of 10 CUP to 1 Cuban Convertible Peso (or CUC).
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