The highly popular Havana Marathon is still six months away but a larger than ever US presence is expected this year with the issuing of an amateur sports license by the Obama administration to the New York based Insight Cuba travel group to sell tickets for participation in the event.
Read MoreEncouraging healthy eating habits is the aim of the new, one-of-a-kind shop which recently opened its doors to the public in the heart of the city of Santiago de Cuba. La Opera is a modern and welcoming establishment that sells healthy, organic products. (15 photos)
Read MoreThe Illinois Corn Growers Association wants President Barack Obama to expand trade opportunities between the US and Cuba, according to a statement from the organization based in Bloomington.
Read MoreThe Cuban government passed stricter regulations for certain tourism activities taking place in the country, including diving and recreational water activities, reported Café Fuerte.
Read MoreThe Cuban Interests Section in Washington today announced that it will renew expired passports of Cubans residing in the United States who plan to travel in the coming months to the island, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe problem with the notion of “development” in any of the disguises we’ve known so far (economic, human or sustainable development) is that it is an insatiable project, in which “the things we have at home” are never enough.
Read MoreCuba’s economic chief, Marino Murillo, explained to the visiting bankers the ongoing process of updating the Cuban economy — it is already in its second stage, he told them — and said that the government has decided to abolish the dual currency system and establish the national peso (CUP) as the only unit of currency.
Read MoreThe option of purchasing products at hard currency stores in regular Cuban pesos (CUP) will be made available in commercial centers around Cuba this month as part of the government’s plan to re-establish a single-currency monetary system on the island.
Read MoreDespegar.com, a popular travel agency based in Argentina, has agreed to pay a US $2.8 million fine for conducting transactions that allegedly violated the provisions of the US embargo on Cuba.
Read MoreTo expand on my previous post dealing with the central role the concept of “sustainable development” has played in the legitimation of Cuba’s current economic policies, I now wish to delve more deeply into the traps inherent to the concept and its potential to promote neo-liberalism in the country.
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