Cuba

Last month in Havana the first food wholesale market for the non-state sector was opened specifically for cooperatives that manage restaurants that previously belonged to state-owned…
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Cuba has not escaped notorious corruption cases in the past that scandalized the country. Probably, the little that is known of those cases is as bad as knowing nothing of them. And the…
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The timely and alarming information recently printed by the newspaper Juventud Rebelde in an article entitled "Every cent is worth it and you have to take care of it" reflects a…
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The Cuban government has admitted to "errors" in implementing the economic reforms that President Raul Castro ushered in seven years ago to revamp the island's Soviet-style economy, the…
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Cuba once captured the left’s imagination. It can do so again for a new generation of leaders if it succeeds in lifting its people out of poverty while preserving the human gains of its…
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Cuban enterprise Heber Biotec and Mercurio Biotec, a U.S. company, have agreed to work together to make Heberprot-P – a medication developed in Cuba to treat diabetic foot ulcers. It is…
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After 350 years of slavery in Cuba and 60 years of racism during the pseudo-Republic, it was naive to think that this monster could be wiped out with a speech made by Fidel Castro in…
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In general, American embassies around the world stand as fortresses. This is not the case in Cuba. Located in Havana's Malecón, access is direct from the street and security is provided…
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At this point in our history, Progreso Weekly / Semanal understands that our aim must be refined, and that, at the same time, explaining the context of events occurring is now more…
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, has opened an office in Havana to step-up support of the country's infrastructure development. About 200 people, including a…
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