Cuba and the world’s energy problem will not be solved with one or two energy sources, but with an intelligent combination of several. In recent months, the Cuban government has emphasized the need for more energy awareness to reduce consumption, after national energy consumption skyrocketed above forecasted amounts.
Read MoreWith a lack of available hands in the countryside, the harvest will require the participation of families and communities of the Sierra Maestra Mountains as well as mass mobilizations with the precision demanded at each stage of the harvest.
Read MoreThe drilling of a 5,904-metrer-long oil well, the largest in the history of Cuba, concluded in the province of Matanzas. The state-run Cubapetróleo was in charge of the project, which began last January, and tests will be carried out before starting the extraction of heavy crude.
Read MoreGov. Richardson has repeatedly said that his visit only has commercial interests, but it’s a given that he will be reporting back to the Obama administration on his trip and meetings in Cuba. He has already publicly called on Obama to lift the nearly half century travel ban on US citizens visiting Cuba without special US Treasury Dept. permission.
Read MoreThe U.S. government should lift all the travel to Cuba restrictions for its citizens, affirmed Bill Richardson, governor of the state of New Mexico. While not visiting Cuba as a representative of the Obama government, Ricardson told AP, “I do plan to submit my impressions to the administration after I conclude.”
Read MoreNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is in Cuba this week to seek a market for his state’s agricultural products and to promote cultural exchange. Allowing Cuba to export to the US goes beyond the talks since the US economic blockade on the island totally forbids it.
Read MoreCuba is getting ready to host the 15th Meeting and Incentive Travel Market (MITM) Regional Tourism Fair November 18 and 19 at the Hotel Meliá Cohiba in Havana.
Read MoreCuban customs authorities have increased the control of Cuban cigars leaving the country with the introduction of a new resolution. Cuban cigars have suffered from falsifications at an international level, in addition to a black market in Cuba, stoked by the economic crisis.
Read MoreSome 9,000 Cuban tourism workers, a tenth of that sector’s employees, were relocated in other types of work because of the low season and the effect of the international financial crisis.
Read MoreThe Cuban authorities have detected 15,000 electricity frauds in the residential sector since January this year, reported IPS on Friday. The Caribbean country’s government is carrying out an energy saving campaign to attenuate the effects of the international economic crisis.
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