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Cuba

U.S. doctors in Cuba: A tradition begins

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas May 8, 2015
About 250 "North Americans" have been studying in medical schools and practicing in medical institutions in Cuba since 2000, writing with their presence one of the most revealing pages…
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Cuba

A new ‘Google search’ is going on in Cuba

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Mar 14, 2015
High executives and engineers of the U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. are in Havana and nearby cities. Progreso Weekly learned that the Americans have met several times with private…
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Cuba

Cuba-U.S.: A healthy relationship

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Mar 12, 2015
Cooperation in matters of health and medical research can be one of the most solid roads to rapprochement between two countries that are still very distant. For more than 20 years, a…
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Cuba

The tripping started

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Dec 31, 2014
There's the impression that another circle of ambiguities, opacities and distortions is opening. That's just what the Cuban people do not deserve, at the dawn of a New Year that should…
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Higher wages in joint ventures: Not enough incentive?

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Dec 18, 2014
Cubans who work in joint-venture enterprises know the salary increase that was promised after the approval of the new Law on Foreign Investment. But they had hoped for a much larger…
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Cuba

‘Happy in La Habana,’ Part Two

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Oct 16, 2014
The authors of the Cuban version of the video clip "Happy," originally performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, have returned to the stage and the featured players of a work that…
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Phone company cries foul over ‘bypasses’

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Jun 30, 2014
The confrontation began several weeks ago, in the form of "fraud" and illegalities committed by citizens to evade control of the phone service by the nation's only telecommunications…
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Cuba

Returning to Cuba with hands full

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas Jun 9, 2014
While many Cubans still base their life hopes on permanent emigration, a growing number of compatriots are returning to their homeland. Some, not few, do so to invest their small…
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Cuba

Cooperatives ‘without papers’

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas May 19, 2014
Proposals to create cooperative enterprises in sectors such as construction, fishing, advertising and computer services have been approved by the provincial governments but are awaiting…
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Cuba

Hand-picked vs. unfettered cooperatives

José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas May 8, 2014
The "experimental" opening to cooperatives in Cuba begins to show signs that it needs corrections. Although the opening was defined by the authorities as "a test" so far 452 permits…
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