The arrival of tourists to Cuba rose sharply by 15 percent in the first quarter of 2015, after the historic diplomatic rapprochement with the United States, reported dpa news on Thursday.
Read MoreCuba’s Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) was assessed to be “deficient” during the first comprehensive State inspection conducted recently, after 670 illegal administrative practices were detected and 340 fines were applied on this government body.
Read MorePope Francis will visit Cuba this coming September before traveling to the United States, confirmed Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi on Wednesday. The last pope to visit Cuba was Benedict XVI in 2012.
Read MoreCubans will have to start paying attention to what the stickers they put on windows and vehicles actually say – even if they are in English or Chinese. One such sticker has cost three employees a demotion with Viazul.
Read MoreThe Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors.
Read MoreThe Inspection Office of Cuba’s province of Artemisa (west of Havana) has discovered 140 swimming pools that were built illegally in homes within the province, in violation of a piece of legislation that has for years barred Cubans from securing a license to construct them on their properties.
Read MoreTwo Cuban dissidents out of a total of more than 27,000 candidates, who ran to become neighborhood representatives in local elections on Sunday, were not elected, announced the candidates themselves.
Read MoreNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo travels to Cuba on Monday heading a business delegation that includes some 20 executives from the travel, financial services, health care, agriculture and education industries and institutions.
Read MoreThe bleeding of Cuban baseball continued this past week with the announcement of the suspension of Villa Clara player Ramón Lunar after he was caught in an attempt to leave the country illegally.
Read MoreThe Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Dept. published a revised list of questions and answers for United States citizens interested in travel to Cuba, travel services, banking, sending remittances, or doing any type of business with the island.
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