The Cuban government aims to expand the opening for foreign investment and reduce the State’s weight in the national economy. The authorities will also give greater opportunities to the development of the domestic private sector and will give autonomy to public enterprises, which will be eliminated if they are not efficient.
Read MoreThe precipitation during this year’s rainy season, between May and November, did not reduce the deficit in several Cuban regions, according to the report on the State of Drought from the Institute of Meteorology. That institution also forecasted that November would be cool and have rains close to normal throughout the island.
Read MoreThree municipalities in Guatemala were declared free of illiteracy by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), thanks to the use of the Cuban “Yo sí puedo” (Yes I can) literacy method and the consultancy services of specialists from the island.
Read MoreIt wasn’t easy but the Morenas del Caribe, Cuba’s popular women’s volleyball team, defeated the Czech Republic three sets to one Tuesday in the World Championships taking place in Japan.
Read MoreA long awaited congress of the Communist Party of Cuba was announced Monday by President Raul Castro for April, 2011. Cuba’s only allowed political party “will center it’s analysis on the economic and social model of the country,” said Raul who is the second secretary of the organization still led by Fidel Castro.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez acknowledged Cuba’s support in the fields of health, education and other sectors for the last 10 years during an appearance on the island’s state-run television. Chávez traveled to the Caribbean country to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the first cooperation agreement between both nations under his government.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Cuban dissidence demanded that the government release the 13 political prisoners who remain imprisoned, after the four-month deadline given by the government for the release of all those arrested in 2003 is up. That group of opposition members refuses to leave the country and travel to Spain, according to the agreement reached by the authorities with Madrid and the Catholic Church.
Read MoreThe International Havana Trade Fair (FIHAV 2010) will close its doors today in the Cuban capital with an increase in the number of participating countries, 58 on this occasion, but a decrease in the amount of business, which barely reached some 100 million dollars.
Read MoreCuba’s Women’s volleyball team got off to a good start on Sunday against powerhouse Brazil, winning the first set in their World Volleyball Championship second round match. However, the Brazilian superiority took charge to win the next three
Read MoreXiomara Reyes visited the Centro Pro-danza de Cuba to meet with her former teacher and director of the institution, Laura Alonso. Reyes, a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, is in Cuba after an 18 absence.
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