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In Cuba’s non-state sector, prices skyrocket
The demand clashes with the lack of an ample supply -- sufficient, at least -- that satisfies the basic needs of the consumer, the entrepreneurs and the population at large.
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Pay your taxes early. Sound familiar?
Out of 159,000 self-employed workers who registered with the Cuban government in 2013, only 16,000 had filed their income tax return by Jan. 24. Returns must be filed between Jan. 8 and…
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EuroUnion OKs mandate to deal with Cuba
The permanent ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations on Wednesday (Feb. 5) approved a mandate to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Cuba, EU sources said.
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The key to the Gulf: A look at the board
The whole of Latin America considers unjust and inefficient the isolation and siege to which Cuba has been subjected for decades by the United States' successive administrations.
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Cuban medics target skin cancer
Beginning this Monday (Feb. 3), Cuba will launch a national campaign -- both educational and diagnostic -- to raise awareness of and treat cancer of the skin, a condition that mostly…
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Sugar tycoon Fanjul open to investing in Cuba under ‘right circumstances’
76-year-old Alfonso Fanjul has begun to reassess old grievances and tentatively eye Cuba as a place for him and other U.S. businessmen to expand their enterprises. He has started…
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A conversation with Judy Gross
Forget South Florida politics, negotiate with the Cubans and find a way to bring Alan Gross home, Judy Gross told Tracey Eaton in an interview published in Along the Malecón. Her…
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CELAC: A paradigm shift
The CELAC Summit has become an alternative to the Organization of American States with meetings that are free of Washington’s domination. Established in 2011, it is a paradigm shift of…
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Russia, Cuba join forces to battle cancer
Russia and Cuba signed an agreement this week in Moscow that brings two major state-owned pharmaceutical companies together in the fight against cancer. It could be a boost for medicine…
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May Cuban-Americans invest in the Mariel Development Zone?
The question was was posed at the right place and to the people qualified to answer it, in a room next to the press center of the Second CELAC Summit after the inauguration of the…
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