Cuba’s National Bureau of Statistics and Information published today a summary of the final results of some indicators investigated in the Population and Housing Census in 2012. The census confirms the trend of population aging on the island, and the reduction of its total population, now 11,167,325 inhabitants, less than a decade ago.
Read MoreMore than 3,000 Cuban doctors will start arriving in Brazil on Monday to join the government program “More Doctors” which seeks to bridge the shortfall of public health services in the country’s poorest regions According to the Ministry of Health, the Cuban doctors enrolled in the second phase of the program will arrive in the cities of Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza and Sao Paulo. In the first phase over 600 doctors arrived to Brazil in August and September.
Read MoreThe Cuban government today ordered the “immediate” closure of private movie theaters, one of the many activities that have emerged in recent years in the context of limited legalized private initiative. The authorities also banned private gaming rooms. The authorities also banned private gaming rooms.
Read MoreMexico will condone 70 percent of Cuba’s debt of more than US $487 million in the framework of the new relationship agreed by their governments, news reports highlighted on Friday at the end of a two-day visit from Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.
Read MoreCuba will open to foreign investment starting Friday at the newly created special economic zone around the port of Mariel, a mega project to try to boost capital inflows to the island.
Read MoreIn recent months, Venezuela’s political and economic crisis, coupled with the absence of investment capital in Cuba, have given rise to desperate attempts at returning to the days of financial success that characterized the boom of joint venture companies on the island.
Read MoreFor the twenty-second consecutive year, the UN General Assembly urged the United States today to lift its more than half century embargo against Cuba. However, the resolution has no mechanism for enforcement or sanctions on the United States if it ignores the call. The vote rejecting the embargo was approved by 188 votes in favor and only two against – United States and Israel, and with the abstention of Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands.
Read MoreUN Security Council sanctions committee experts were in Havana last week to meet with senior government officials. It is expected that the report on the case of the controversial cargo of 240 tons of Cuban military equipment will be issued in the coming days and sent to the Security Council to assess possible sanctions against Cuba.
Read MoreCuban researchers are working to develop a cholera vaccine that is being tested in Cuba and Mozambique. There are two variants to combat the disease developed at the Finlay Institute in Havana. One of them, a “live vaccine strain” is in the testing phase with “good results” in Mozambique and on the island.
Read MoreThe 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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