The Cuban government said on Saturday it is satisfied by the “favorable performance” of the island’s economy in the first half of the year, despite an overall “slowdown” and increased unemployment. The minister of the economy presented the legislature with performance figures for the first half of 2013.
Read MoreThe Cuban Parliament meets today for its first session of the new legislature after the members were sworn in last February, marking the start of the second and final term of President Raul Castro, reported DPA news.
Read MoreThe Cuban government’s decision to halve the number of eggs to be delivered monthly to the population, through the ration book, took effect on Monday. The price increase deals a blow especially to those Cubans who only work for the government and pensioners who do not have relatives abroad sending them remittances.
Read MoreA group of American intellectuals who recently traveled to Havana to attend the meeting “socialist renewal and capitalist crisis “, released a text on Saturday, criticizing the use of GMOs in the island.
Read MoreStarting Monday 124 “experimental” cooperatives began operating in Cuba, in sectors such as construction, transportation, waste disposal and agricultural markets. This type of management has been designed by the government for activities that “are not transcendental” for the country’s economy.
Read MoreFor many years, the Manazana de Gomez building, which takes up an entire block, housed a number of schools, theatres, editorial offices and other cultural establishments, such as the Latin American Culture Institute, chaired by renowned intellectual Fernando Ortiz.
Read MoreThe heads of state and government of the member countries of Petrocaribe approved on Saturday a work plan that includes five points defining a “Special Economic Zone” between member countries based mainly on the exchange of food products for oil.
Read MoreAfter a month in operation, around 11,000 people have flocked to the new government facilities with Internet connectivity. The one tenth of one percent of the Cuban population that was able to pay for the expensive new service is mostly comprised of those who receive family remittances from abroad.
Read MoreA total of 429,458 Cubans are registered as self-employed in the 181 activities authorized by the government of Raul Castro since late 2010, according to official statistics. The figure of persons working in the private sector in Cuba was issued at the end of May, which marks an increase of more than 30,000 over last year.
Read MoreCuba hopes to have two million cell phone lines by the end of 2013, said Hilda Arias, director of Mobile Telephone Services for the State telecommunications company ETECSA on Thursday evening on the Mesa Redonda television program.
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