Private Sector Cuban Workers to Join Unions
About 80 percent of all private sector workers on the island have joined the trade union movement, said Salvador Valdes Mesa, the general secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers.
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Business & Economy
Cuba Pharmaceutical Companies Make Slight Recovery
I’d like to give another example of the favorable economic and social outcomes that can be achieved in Cuba when the productive forces are released and non-neoliberal market mechanisms activated to reward positive economic performance.
Read MoreBus Company Changes in Cuba
As of the beginning of this month, the Astro Business Group was renamed the National Bus Company, and its “corporate structure was reduced.”
Read MoreL.A. Beekeepers to Meet in Cuba
The Third Latin American Colloquium of Beekeepers, sponsored by various Cuban scientific institutions and the Cuban Society of Beekeepers, will take place from April 3 to 6 in Havana.
Read MoreNew Flight Between Argentina & Cuba
As of yesterday, a new air corridor between Argentina and Holguin province in eastern Cuba was established. The flights will take place every Tuesday on a Boeing 767 with capacity for 300 passengers.
Read MoreHuge Oil Rig Approaching Cuba
The massive “Scarabeo 9” oil rig arrived in the Caribbean island country of Trinidad and Tobago on December 24, where it is undergoing an inspection before leaving for Cuba this coming weekend. The rig was built in Shanghai at a cost of US 750 million.
Read MoreCuba to Provide Home Improvement Subsidies
The Cuban government will begin providing subsidies to low-income families for home improvements. The initiative will mainly benefit those families affected by catastrophes or natural disasters like hurricanes, as well as those people who live in at-risk conditions due to poverty.
Read MorePopulation Growth Declining in Cuba
Cuba started 2012 with just over 11,240,000 inhabitants, an amount similar to that in early 2011. Low levels of fertility on the island and emigration are two of the key factors.
Read MoreCuba’s Vegetable Rage
In Cuba, the trend toward vegetarian diets is becoming more popular. Though it has been fueled by the mass media and health food advocates, it still hasn’t been easy to motivate most people in this regard. Cuban dining culture has historically been sustained by the consumption of meat, fish and carbohydrates (with this latter having been the basis of the diet since the advent of the Special Period crisis starting the early 1990s).
Read MoreDissatisfaction with Cuban Insurance Co.
Cuban owners of insured cars have expressed dissatisfaction with the low levels of indemnities, delays in the delivery of replacement cars and the policy of denying the replacement of stolen cars.
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