Havana’s Famous Sloppy Joe’s Bar Falls Victim to Apathy
The former favorite of Ernest Hemingway and other international celebrities was restored at great expense in 2007.
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Business & Economy
If You Want Your Ration of Rice Go Unload the Ship
In the absence of stevedores, the Cuban authorities summon the population and the Army to help unload the ships.
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Odalis, the Seamstress of the Neighborhood
Odalis, 56, is a seamstress recommended to me for fixing some pants. In her room, there are piles of clothes in the most unexpected places.
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US Company Battles Nicaragua in Arbitration Tribunal
The US company is appealing under the Central American Free Trade Agreement for the invasion of its property in Jinotega, Nicaragua.
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The Fate of Two Cuban-American’s Businesses on the Island
Not all private businesses on the Island receive the same treatment by the Cuban Government. We feature two cases.
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Will Price Controls Increase Supply or Scarcity in Cuba?
A meeting of private business owners with a Deputy Minister of Finance and Prices exposes tensions over new price caps.
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How Ortega Took Over Nicaragua’s Electricity Sector
Tirso Celedon, president of Agronegocios Comerciales, is the Ortega-Murillo family’s main figurehead in energy and real estate businesses.
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Cuban Leadership Met to Discuss Their “War Economy”
Maximum profit limits for private sector sales to State companies took effect on Monday July 1st throughout Cuba.
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In Cuba, the Dead Own Livestock to Avoid State Controls
In Pinar del Río, inspectors detect 1,900 “illegalities” in livestock. Meanwhile, controls increase and production continues to decline.
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Corruption Network Destroys a Company in Guantanamo, Cuba
The case affects a large “number of people who have been charged,” as well as state companies and entities that took part in it.
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