Brazilian authorities announced on Monday that they will seek to hire more local doctors after Cuba suspended sending more than 700 of its doctors, part of a health agreement between the two countries, for fear of defections.
Read MoreWhile having a computer or tablet is a distant dream for many people in Cuba due to the high prices they sell for on both the regular and black market, a government institution has been assembling both electronic devices to sell to state owned companies and institutions.
Read MoreNot using the market properly has been – and still is – one of the country’s economic failures; not to mention the fact that it has also functioned without recognizing its mechanisms. Professor Fernandez Estrada notes, “we have to create conditions so that its the producers or suppliers who are competing against each other to sell their products, instead of what we have today in almost every sector of the economy, where its consumers competing against one another to buy what they need.”
Read MoreAs of April 1st, Cuban gas stations will only sell premium gasoline in cash and to tourists until stocks run out. The cause being reduced shipments of subsidized oil from Venezuela, which is facing its own serious economic crisis.
Read MoreFor weeks now the subject of prolonged drought in the majority of Cuba’s municipalities and the need to conserve on water use has been a topic in the media. So how does the government’s push for more golf courses fit into the picture?
Read MoreAlvaro Fiallos, National Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Nicaragua (UNAG) president: “It’s not true they would raise productivity in
Read MoreA rural movement opposed to the construction of an inter-oceanic canal in southern Nicaragua announced a new protest march against the megaproject, promoted by the Ortega government and the Chinese consortium HKND.
Read MoreEverything begins with an order “from above”. Then the paperwork comes down and nighttime preparations. The following day, from the crack of dawn, the commotion, chaos, crowds… This isn’t an undercover operation; there’s a sale.
Read MoreCuban patients who are seen at medical institutions in Havana have begun to receive an unprecedented bill with the cost of the medical services they’ve received. The Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) says that giving patients a “symbolic bill” is part of a program that is being developed across the country to make patients and medical institutions aware of how much these services cost.
Read MoreAnything to do with funding, supplies and taxes has to be a headache today for Cuba’s self-employed. [In the case of taxes, they were once demonized here as an evil of only capitalist systems.] The other obstacles on the road to success are huge.
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