Starting 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.
Read MoreCuban authorities released two British businessmen detained since 2011 on charges of corruption, confirmed the British Embassy in Havana on Friday .Amado Fakhre and Stephen Purvis, former directors of the British company Coral Capital Group, were released this week
Read MoreCuba and China signed three agreements on Monday in Beijing, during the official visit by Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel to the Asian nation, reported newspaper Granma.
Read MoreCuban First Vice President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, will tour the Asia, during which he will make official visits to China, Vietnam and Laos, according to information released this Sunday on national television. The exact dates of the trip were not released.
Read MoreThe national sugar plan corresponding to the 2012-2013 campaign only reached 89 percent, it was learned during the balance of the Azcuba Sugar Group, Granma newspaper reported.
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