Cuba: Beginning of the End of Dual Currency
The Cuban government announced Tuesday its long-awaited reform to abolish the dual currency prevailing in the island since the 90s, but did not set specific dates for concluding the process.
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Forum to Discuss Cuban Labor Code Bill
The Cuban Chapter of the Regional Network of Afrodescendants in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARAAC) , and the Critical Observatory Network, will hold a public forum on Friday October 11, to discuss the proposed Labor Code bill.
Read MoreCuba Accuses Obama of Tightening the Embargo
Cuba reiterated its accusations that the United States has intensified the economic embargo against the island under President Barack Obama, despite the relaxations in some restrictions he approved since coming to power.
Read MoreRenting Rooms: One Option for Cubans
When Mauricio Alonso was a nuclear engineer in the 1980s his future seemed bright as Cuba embarked on building its first nuclear power plant with assistance from the Soviet Union. All that changed in the early 90’s with the dissapearance of the Socialist Camp and Alonso came up with another option to resolve his families needs.
Read MoreParis-Villa Clara, Cuba Flights Resume
Cubana Airlines will resume starting in November direct weekly flights between Paris and the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, it was announced at the Top Resa Tourism industry event in the French capital. This route started last year and will resume between November 21 and April 27.
Read MorePolice Video Reveals Corruption and Theft at Cuban Meat Processing Plant
A surveillance video recorded by Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior (MININT), showing many incidents of corruption and criminal activity involving company employees and management, has been divulged over different social media.
Read MoreCuba OKs Private Real Estate Agents
Cuban authorities have made the job of real estate agent a legal private economic activity instead of the tolerated illegal job it has been for many years in the swapping and sale of homes, reported dpa news.
Read MoreChina Interested in Cuba’s Mariel Development Zone
Representatives of the Center for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Development Bank expressed interest in establishing Chinese factories at the Mariel Special Development Zone, at a seminar hosted by Cuban authorities Wednesday in Beijing.
Read MoreCuban Hybrid TV Ready to Market
The Empresa Industria Electrónica de Cuba has been producing since July a television set that receives digital and analog television signals indiscriminately, engineer David Perez Cruz told the Cuban Information Agency .
Read MoreCuba Has New Bottled Water Plant
With the opening in the eastern province of Guantánamo of a new factory for the production of bottled water, Cuba “could gain a place in the Caribbean basin market,” notes Trabajadores weekly.
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