Cuba

By Elsa Claro HAVANA – Dawn comes to Cuba and with it the latest issue of the Official Gazette, containing the new tax code. Readers consult one another, puzzled by the thick…
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Urban cooperatives and a new investments law are expected By Elsa Claro and Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA – (Progreso Semanal/Radio Progreso Alternativa)– December 23 will see the…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA – Barack Obama’s victory in the recent U.S. elections has rekindled the debate about that country’s policy toward Cuba. Predictions range…
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By Graziella Pogolotti From the magazine Cubarte HAVANA – The Villa Clara publisher Sed de Belleza has just released A Man on an Island, a compilation of essays, chronicles and…
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By Elsa Claro HAVANA – With little hoopla, Brazil has become Cuba’s second trade partner in Latin America. The trend is rising, according to basic data: In 2011, the bilateral…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA – Last Sept. 3, I reported in my blog, under the headline “Aid Comes From Brazil,” the tightening of trade relations between Brazil and Cuba. In the…
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By Rosa Tania Valdés and Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Brazilian builder Odebrecht SA <ODBES.UL> will begin administrating a Cuban sugar mill next week in the first sign the…
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From Progreso Weekly staff HAVANA – The company Cuba Petróleos (CUPET) disclosed the failure of the explorations conducted by the Venezuelan company PDVSA in the Cabo de San Antonio…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – The Cuban Foreign Ministry called “illegal” the courses on computing and the connections to the Internet offered…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA – The other day, traveling through that vast digital planet called The Web, I landed in Moscow – not at Sheremetyevo Airport but in Russia Today – and…
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