A Week-Long Holiday to Celebrate July 26th Outrages Cubans
People wait in long lines at the few working ATMs and express concern about productivity at a time of extreme shortages.
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Business & Economy
Raising Fish at Home, the Latest Silliness for Cubans
Will it begin to rain scrawny fish from balconies & rooftops, without anyone daring to pick them up, too similar to ourselves to touch them.
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Nicaragua: Ortega Freezes Retirement Fund for Priests
Retired priests were unable to withdraw their pensions after the dictatorship blocked an Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua bank account.
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What Makes Cubans Flee, US Sanctions or Failed Policies?
The latest stampede “broke out after the dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel gave the order to repress the demonstrators on July 11, 2021”…
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System change: The Elephant in the Cuban Parliament
With each intervention and each new figure announced, the X-ray of that terminal patient that is the Cuban economy becomes clearer.
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Can Cuba Recover by Giving Hotels & Resources to Foreigners?
Economist Pedro Monreal refutes the proposal of his pro-government colleague, Juan Triana, for being “insufficient & undermining sovereignty”
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Cuba Hosts Spanish Influencers to Boost Fallen Tourism
They have been bombarded with salsa and cooking classes, catamaran trips in Varadero, rides on brightly colored vintage US cars and…
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Micro, Small and Medium-sized Businesses in Cuba
The noble idea of empowering Cuban entrepreneurs with Small and Medium Sized Businesses (MSMEs) hasn’t bore fruit like it should have.
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Cuba Summer with Few Buses, Water Shortages & Blackouts
Only 294 of the 894 buses operated by the Provincial Transport Company are working, according to official data.
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Nicaragua’s Economy Cannot be “De-dollarized”
The economic relations of any country are determined to a great extent, by the zone of influence in which that country is located.
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