Cuba

This is in everyone’s interests, especially Cuba’s closest neighbor, the U.S. Although lifting the embargo fully requires an act of Congress, President Obama has some executive powers…
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The survey's importance is that it confronts the myth of the purported popular support for the existing policy, rebutting the excuse that the Cuban problem has connotations in domestic…
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United Nations emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland noted that the Cuban program shows that, usually, "You don't get any headlines for prevention." Thus, we seldom hear of Cuba's…
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Cuban President Raúl Castro had planned to visit Kiev later this year. With the recent upheaval and unrest in the Ukraine, and President Yanukovyich's exit from that country, Progreso…
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Inviting Cubans to talk about finance almost always leads them to sidestep macrostructural explanations. What's important is what reaches the dining-room table and people's wallets.
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During the first week in February, the debate over U.S.-Cuba relations was rekindled for a number of reasons. One was the recent inauguration of the deep-water megaport, container…
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The Yale University Glee Club will perform 2 concerts in Cuba next month. In Havana they will share the stage with the Entrevoces Choir, led by Digna Guerra.
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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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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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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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