Lack of Electricity Paralyzes Businesses in Matanzas, Cuba
Small businesses dedicated to the food trade are affected, and the annoyance of their owners who lose income and part of their merchandise.
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Mexico Accelerates Its Import of Cuban Doctors
The Mexican Social Security Institute announces the arrival of another 123 health workers after a meeting in Havana with Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Cuba’s Food Industry Fell 67 Percent in the Last Five Years
According to the government statistics office, pork production fell from 2018 to 2023 by 91% decline and rice production declined by 90%.
Record-Breaking Heat in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report documents the Region’s struggles with the devastating impacts of climate change…
“Sweden Must Do More Against the Dictatorship in Nicaragua”
They note that “the new Nicaragua that started so promisingly (in 1979) has today, under Ortega and Murillo, become a brutal dictatorship”.
Cuban Businesses Try to Artificially Lower the Dollar
Businesspeople, private and State, made the resolution to try and lower the price of the US dollar, after a recent forum in Holguin, Cuba.
Embargo or Not, Vehicle Trade from US to Cuba is Thriving
OFAC and the US Commerce Department have authorized several companies to export and re-export vehicles from the US to Cuba.
Cuba, a ‘Paradise’ That Is Beginning to Scare Canadians
Canadians’ perception is undergoing a 180 degree turn, and not exactly towards a postcard of palm trees and mojitos.
Cuban President Diaz-Canel Visits Putin in the Kremlin
The Cuban leader was the only Westerner at the Victory Day parade, alongside leaders from six former Soviet republics, Laos and Guinea-Bissau.
Nicaragua: Interoceanic Canal Project a “Huge Failure”
Environmentalists and rural leaders warn that the dictatorship wants to keep alive the Canal Project, which never took off in eleven years.