Business & Economy

Free Trips to Cuba for Young Cuban Americans

A recently formed group called the CubaOne Foundation, started by four young Cuban American professionals, is offering free trips to Cuba for a limited number of Cuban Americans between the ages of 22 and 35. The goal is to help them “explore their heritage, meet their Cubans peers, and bring people together.”

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Cuba Applies Price Ceiling for Farm Products

In a move to strengthen government controls over the island’s economic life, the Castro administration announced Tuesday price limits on agricultural staples from sweet potatoes and bananas to beans at the markets where most Cubans shop.

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Cuba Gets Cruise Tourism from the USA

Carnival corporation’s “Adonia” cruise ship docks today in Havana, having left the port of Miami on Sunday afternoon. It is the first such vessel to arrive in Cuba from the United States in a half century.

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Shooting Papa Hemingway in Cuba

Directed by Iranian-American, Bob Yari who produced notable films such as The Illusionist and Oscar-winning Crash, the movie faced many hurdles in order to be filmed in Cuba. Yari overcame obstacles due largely in part to the limitations of the U.S. embargo against Cuba. According to Yari, 90% of the film crew was Cuban, and 95% percent of the movie was filmed in Cuba.

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Beer Shortages in Cuba with More Tourism

Beer drinkers in Cuba have been on edge since the press acknowledged the domestic industry’s inability to satisfy the growing demand for the product at State hard currency stores and private businesses, a situation now coupled with the tourism boom.

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The Cuban People and Price Relief

On April 22, some pleasant news: the price of a series of crucial products were lowered by around 20%. In any other country, this figure could be considered highly significant and cause for nationwide celebration, however in deformed and dysfunctional Cuba, everything works differently. Let me explain why.

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Fast and Furious Filming in Cuba

For several days, the traditional seaside promenade-avenue of Havana, known as the Malecon, becomes a race track for filming of the eighth film of the Hollywood productions “Fast and Furious”.

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Cuban Gov. to Allow Citizens to Travel by Sea

The Castro government announced today it was lifting the longstanding prohibition on anyone born in Cuba from traveling by sea. The measure will allow Cubans to hire out on merchant ships and travel on cruisers. The change takes effect on April 26th.

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