Cuba

Self-employed entrepreneurs can apply to the People's Savings Bank of Cuba for loans of as much as 10,000 Cuban pesos (377 dollars at the current rate of exchange), the AIN news agency…
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The creation of public Wi-Fi hotspots in the Cuban capital has been, in many ways, THE summer attraction. What do the people who use this new service do?
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Somewhere in Havana, someone files away checks for $4,085 each, which arrive every year from Washington, the amount that the U.S. pays Cuba for the lease of the almost 120 kilometers…
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Israel, a nation that has repeatedly sided with the United States against Cuba whenever the United Nations asks for a lifting of the trade embargo imposed by Washington, will likely…
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Until the divergent perspectives between the U.S. and Cuba are placed in their proper historical context, negotiations for the future of normalization will remain elusive, complicated…
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For the partners in La Esperanza, Cuba's only urban cooperative producing plastic elements, the idea of creating a material that looks like wood, a material seemingly out of a Jules…
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If the insemination rod technique were used more often and more effectively, the cattle would be more productive -- though it would still be insufficient for 11 million Cubans.
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Blanche Petrich of Mexico's La Jornada interviews diplomat Ramón Sánchez-Parodi who bluntly states, "They are the ones who must dismantle the state of affairs they have created."
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When there are shortages of anything, a Cuban will always pull out an ace from his or her sleeve. But nothing -- as far as we know -- can replace water.
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The Obama administration has no intention of slowing down its Cuba initiatives. News services are reporting that the administration plans to soon “unilaterally lift travel restrictions…
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