The Cuban government is making lending to the island’s “self-employed” sector more flexible with new measures that include the acceptance of personal goods/property as collateral for loans, reported the official media on Thursday.
Read MoreRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived today in Cuba in a working visit focused on boosting trade and strengthening economic ties between the two countries, according to the Russian government.
Read MoreRussian Prime Minister, Dmitri Medvedev, will visit Cuba on Feb. 21-22 and meet with President Raul Castro. The PM will also visit Brazil the day before arriving in Havana, reports DPA news.
Read MoreThe promoters of a Cuban music festival in Miami won their lawsuit against the Homestead-Miami Speedway organization for it having canceled the event in April 2011.
Read MoreCuban authorities succeeded in confiscating more than three tons of drugs in 2012, mostly marijuana that washed ashore, according to figures released today in the official Granma newspaper, reported DPA news.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the governments of Cuba and Finland signed an agreement in Havana on Tuesday to resume bilateral cooperation. Finland suspended cooperation with Cuba in 2003 to comply with the sanctions imposed on the island by the European Union following the imprisonment of 75 dissidents.
Read MoreAccording to the organizers, the event will promote Cuban exports and identify opportunities for local and regional joint ventures, highlighting those sectors involved in food, textiles, construction, technology and services.
Read MoreThe festival was scheduled for April 9, 2011 at the Homestead Speedway racetrack, but it was canceled by the facility’s owners, who claimed that information was withheld from them. The organizers denied their arguments and have filed for damages of a million dollars.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro on Saturday inspected the ongoing hurricane recovery efforts in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, according to a national television newscast. That area suffered severe damage from Hurricane Sandy this past October.
Read MoreIn most countries farm cooperatives are owned by their members who elect a board of directors and/or administrators. In Cuba it’s very different; the state-run coops have little autonomy, an example of which was the decision this week to remove 632 presidents of farm co-ops in one fell swoop.
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