Cuba

Raúl Castro's visit to France will hopefully build bases for a forthcoming economic cooperation between the two countries. It comes at a key moment for Cuba; the island's public debt is…
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With about 180 million euros in annual trade, France, one of Cuba's top ten partners, wants to profit from the rapprochement begun in April 2014 during a visit to the island by French…
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With great hoopla, the government of the United States has just announced new amendments to the restrictions of trade with Cuba. Some consider that these measures constitute a "giant"…
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The U.S. action to ease the embargo against Cuba points Washington "on the right road," says a report Wednesday in the daily Granma, official organ of the Cuban Communist Party.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced new amendments that further…
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The problems of farming and the high prices of food in Cuba are summarized in those words by a greengrocer who, though he sells directly to the consumer, refuses to lower his prices.
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Last week, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough offered a teaser about the year ahead: He said, "We'll do audacious executive actions throughout the course of the year, I am…
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Unrequited romances, renunciations, spectacular re-encounters marked by the desire -- or the need -- to leave Cuba. When the youth of a country bases almost all of their projects…
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The economic data for the end of 2015 -- scant as they were -- left a bittersweet taste in Cubans' mouths. There was a mixture of good and not-so-good news.
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During the first days of the New Year, we got to see first-hand the benefits of the new Cuba policy when we joined a trade delegation led by Virginia's Governor Terry McAuliffe - a…
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