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Although the economy dealt with several shocks throughout the year, the response -- from the standpoint of economic policy -- was insufficient. We might even say that the economic…
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With a new tenant in the White House some of the worst predictions about the foreseeable turn in U.S. policy toward Cuba have become reality. Once again, the biggest loser is the Cuban…
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On Aug. 1, a note published in the daily Granma told about the adoption of a group of measures that would be part of the "improvement" process of self-employed entrepreneurship (private…
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Reports from the first-semester meeting of the National Assembly of the People's Power say that the Gross National Product rose by 1.1 percent in the first semester. Coincidentally,…
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For various reasons, Cuba has uncritically accepted the supposition that social justice and equality of opportunities require that state property be in the majority, leaving aside an…
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It is possible that the administrations in the U.S. and Cuba made a strategic mistake during the two-year window after the announcement of December 2014. Both parties assumed, with…
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In April, media outlets reported Cuba's entry into the Central-American Bank for Economic Integration. Incorporation into the BCIE has enormous importance for Cuba, both in symbolic and…
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Cuba's largest and best asset is its people, and this potential will not be released without the Internet. It is also a weighty element when attracting foreign investment. Certain…
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At the start of 2017, Cuba is in many ways a very different country than in 1990. Two-and-a-half decades of major events have deeply marked a nation convinced that it occupies a…
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It's the first drop since 1993, when the Cuban economy hit bottom during the crisis known as the 'Special Period'. Cuba's economic growth went into negative space in 2016. This should…
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