Update on Cuba Internet Cable
The controversial fiber optic cable linking Venezuela and Cuba has been tested and is already secretly providing service to some government entities, reported the Cafe Fuerte website on Thursday.
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Cuba Shares Its Experiences in Agroecology
Farmers and experts on agriculture from Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique are touring fields in Cuba this week, along with local colleagues, to exchange experiences to foment ecological fruit growing on Caribbean islands.
Read MoreDengue Vaccine Advances in Cuba
“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 MoreThis House Is Mine, Fidel!
The 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 MoreNew Report: Reforms in Cuba are “Real”
There 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 MoreCuba Party Conference Document Questioned
The 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 MoreCuba’s New Property Law Allows Sales
A 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 MoreUS-Cuba Policy Gets Rebuke at UN
For 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 MoreOccupy Wall Street Grows at Home & Abroad
Saturday 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 MoreBritish Co. Exec Arrested in Cuba
The 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.
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