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Google president: The ‘blockade’ makes no sense
Considering that Google is one of the "owners" of the business world, not only when you consider its income and assets, but its influence on the world economy and especially in U.S.…
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Phone company cries foul over ‘bypasses’
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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Google visits Havana
Several Google executives, led by its chairman Eric Schmidt, visited Havana on a task that so far can only be identified as one promoting the benefits of Internet. Progreso Weekly asks…
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In Spain, Cuban official invites investors
In Madrid on Thursday (June 26), Cuba's deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Ileana Núñez Mordoche, invited representatives from more than 160 Spanish businesses to invest…
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‘Self-effort’ cooperatives in Cuba
The sectors covered by this type of association are commerce, gastronomy and services, construction, transportation, industry and alimentary production. Recently, the sectors of energy…
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Belarus chancellor signs pacts in Havana
An Agreement on Compensated Exchange and an Agreement on the Production and Certification of Pharmaceuticals were signed in Havana by Vladimir V. Makei, Foreign Minister of Belarus, and…
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Ministers give Castro a mixed report on the economy
The Cuban economy is growing but not fast enough. And President Raúl Castro wants to know why. That, in a nutshell, is the substance of the meeting Saturday (June 21) of the Council of…
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A single currency is not a cure-all
The first phase of the changeover in Cuba's currency unit -- from convertible peso to national peso -- began this month in a Santiago de Cuba store. But monetary unification "will not,…
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Websites are unblocked wholesale: Hints or mistakes?
On Thursday several Cuban websites heretofore blocked were unblocked. Without any previous announcement, some doors have been reopened but no one can be sure that they won't be shut…
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Progress as a political program
Socialism changed humanity as far as humanity could be changed, confronted capitalism and in many aspects forced it to change its course. Today's adversary is not someone who thinks…
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