Nobody knew how the system worked. Municipal governments were not prepared; mistaking cooperatives for local development initiatives, explains Alfonso Larrea. “All that slowed down a lot of people, because nobody moved forward.”
Read MoreDeclining egg production in Havana’s neighboring province of Artemisa, officially reported in January and February, set off an alarm this last week. Luis Carlos Perez, director of Artemisa’s poultry industry, shared these worrying production figures with the provincial press, insisting the situation has not yet had an impact on the supply and distribution to Havana.
Read MoreThe Brazilian construction company Odebrecht will carry out the expansion of the international wing of the Havana airport, a project valued at US $207 million, reported a local Cuban website.
Read MoreThe restoration of relations between Cuba and the United States “changes the context” for conducting negotiations between Europe and the island to reach a bilateral political dialogue, said Christian Leffler, European External Action Service managing director for the Americas, in Havana on Thursday.
Read MoreThe US agricultural entrepreneurs arrived today in Cuba to probe the market possibilities and “send a message” to advocate for an end to US embargo against the island.
Read MoreThe Cuban Ministry of Transportation’s Trans-Metro company has been operating a new articulated bus to improve the Santiago de las Vegas – Vedado service in Havana since December 22 of last year.
Read MoreThe US $102,000 that should have gone to Cuba’s Pinar del Rio team, champions of the Caribbean Series 2015, will not be collected by the players. And no bonuses will go to the four Cubans on the tournament’s All-Star team, prizes that they won fairly at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The big political excuse used so far by the US institutions to avoid paying Cuban teams was that the money would end up in the hands of the government, not in the hands of the players, something no longer true.
Read MoreThe United States government approved Friday the import of certain goods and services produced by the Cuban private sector, reported dpa. Now the ball is in the court of the Cuban government to decide whether to allow private producers to engage in exports, to date the sole domain of State companies.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, the South Korean state insurance company K-sure, indicated it would provide the Central Bank of Cuba and the Banco Exterior de Cuba a credit line worth 60 million euros.
Read MoreA shortage of condoms at pharmacies in the city of Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province of Cuba, shows once again the perils of the island’s centralized purchasing and distribution networks.
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