“We don’t like to talk about our specific goals,” says Cuban virologist María Guadalupe Guzman, as a subtle way to avoid going into too much detail about the research she is heading up to develop a dengue vaccine.
Read MoreThe decree authorizing the sale and purchase of homes in Cuba ends or at least gives a good breather to the discussion around private and public regulation of an issue as sensitive as real property.
Read MoreThere are a number of steps the Obama administration should take to support and facilitate the economic reform process in Cuba, according to a new report by Collin Laverty at the Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA).
Read MoreThe conference could be an opportunity for the PCC to build the national unity needed and claimed by calling for dialogue—as part of the meeting—with the participation of socialist and democratic forces that hold positions and proposals other than those approved in last April’s Sixth Congress.
Read MoreA major change in Cuba’s property law was announced on Thursday. For the first time in decades, citizens and permanent foreign residents can now buy and sell houses or apartments and they will be permitted to have an additional vacation home.
Read MoreFor the twentieth straight year the United Nations General Assembly voted Tuesday to demand the United States cease its half-century economic blockade against Cuba. The vote of 186-2 with three abstentions was a virtual rerun of last year’s 187-2.
Read MoreSaturday was called the Day of Action, from thousand-strong marches to Open Forum discussions to mass bank withdrawals and account closings, culminating with the Occupation Party in Time Square that night. (10 photos)
Read MoreThe chief executive of a British company operating in Cuba was arrested last week and its offices closed by Havana authorities, reports Reuters on Monday from the Cuban capital.
Read MoreAs of this Saturday, buying a used car in Cuba is no big deal, as long as you have the money to do so. Selling a car had been previously limited to pre 1959 revolution vehicles.
Read MoreThis month, the Cuban government eased up on taxes and other legal aspects involved in self-employment. But experts warn that there are serious limitations standing in the way of growth of private enterprise, which is supposed to absorb hundreds of thousands of employees slashed from the public workforce..
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