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Monetary unification at critical stage
Experts stipulate that adjusting the exchange rate for business must be one of the first steps in the process of unification assuming that a higher rate will benefit competitiveness.
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A new stampede to Angola
Angola attracts Cubans. Many go to work on construction, a system imposed by the Cuban Armed Forces. They're ready to build anything: : from airports, to a highway, even a bridge.
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U.S. sanctions make Cuba’s bank account too toxic for banks
David Adams reports for Reuters that the decision by a New York bank to close Cuba's checking account in the United States has presented an unusual diplomatic quandary.
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NGOs, religion, and subversion
Like the tentacles of an octopus, innocent-looking organizations extend throughout the world to destroy the sovereignty of nations. Christian Solidarity Worldwide looks peaceful enough…
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Corruption on video; not for broadcast
The contents of USB memory sticks and DVDs now circulating informally in Cuba reveal 3 realities: cases of corruption. In the most illustrative of the cases, the accused stole more than…
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New crisis for U.S.-Cuba trips
The roast pork will have to wait. Some of the people who had planned to travel from the U.S. to Cuba in December to celebrate Christmas, bid farewell to 2013 and spend the school…
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Church official wants faster reforms ‘with pauses’
The spokesman for the Catholic Archdiocese of Havana, Orlando Márquez Hidalgo, published an article giving 10 reasons why the social and economic reforms proposed by the government…
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Consular business in Washington suspended until further notice
The Cuban Interests Section in the U.S has issued a press release stating that because of the blockade, the diplomatic mission has been deprived of essential banking services to perform…
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Diplomacy derailed
U.S. foreign policy toward Cuba has been in single-minded pursuit of one goal: ending the Castro government, and replacing Cuba’s system. Presentation by the Center for Democracy in the…
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Castro welcomes Russia’s top oil exec
A clue to the significance Cuba attaches to its relationship with Russia was given when Raúl Castro met in Havana with Igor Ivanovich Sechin, CEO of the Russian energy giant Rosneft.
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