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Cuba Gives OK to MasterCard at Havana ATMs

The Central Bank of Cuba today authorized the use of MasterCards issued by Stonegate Bank in the US and Banco Popular of Puerto Rico in operations at ATMs in the Cuban capital.

A Nicaraguan Businessman at the Top of the Financial World

The first time Henry Fernandez made news headlines was when he was a little over four years old. Being mischievous, he started his parents’ car which then rolled down a hill. He crossed roads and buildings… He didn’t stop until some baseball players held onto the car and brought the car to a stop.

Washington Authorizes Six US Airlines to Offer Commercial Flights to Cuba

Six US airlines received authorization today from the US government to begin offering this fall direct commercial flights between several US cities and Cuba, the first in over 50 years. For some unknown reason, Havana isn’t on the initial list of allowed destinations but will be included later this summer.

How Cubans Use WiFi Hotspots (Infographic)

Most Cubans using Internet outside their limited workplace connections take advantage of the new WiFi hotspots located in some public areas of Havana and the provincial capitals. See how they use the service.

Nicaragua Minimizes Impact of the Venezuelan crisis on its Economy

The Government of Nicaragua has alternative sources of external funding and “will not die” by the virtual collapse of the Venezuelan aid, which has supported the country’s economy for nearly ten years, said Bayardo Arce, economic adviser to President Daniel Ortega on Thursday.

Raul Castro’s Possible Successor Visits Putin in the Kremlin

If everything goes as the script has it, in 2018 Raul Castro will retire as president of Cuba and pass on the baton to his First Vice President, Miguel Diaz Canel, currently on a visit to Russia to meet with President Vladiimir Putin and other top authorities.

“Transformers 5” To Be Shot Partly in Cuba

Paramount Pictures will film in Cuba parts of the fifth installment of the film “Transformers”, reported dpa on Thursday.

Cuba Gov. Drops Price on Powdered Milk

In an effort “to gradually give more value” to Cuban salaries, the government announced Monday it would drop the price of 0.5 kg of imported milk powder by 9 percent to 2.65 CUC (around 3.00 usd).

Experimental Wholesale Market Closed in Havana

The El Trigal wholesale market for farm products, located in the outlying Havana municipality of Boyeros, will be closed as of Friday due to “irregularities”, announced government authorities. The move shuts down an important supply source to the population of the capital, particularly the retail markets, other sales outlets and self-employed street vendors, the main buyers.

Nicaragua in the Panama Papers

The leak of 11.4 million documents kept by the Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca, popularly known as the Panama Papers, has afforded the public access to thousands of Nicaragua-related files that were reviewed by a Confidencial journalistic team over the course of four months.