Cuba

Cuba has filled a key diplomatic post with the appointment of Gerardo Peñalver Portal as ambassador to the Russian Federation. Peñalver submitted his credentials on Wednesday (Jan. 17)…
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Often, talking about Cuba's economy and daily problems someone asks, "Well, how's the situation?" to which I --more practical than optimistic -- always respond "How do YOU see it?"…
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Recently, mostly young professionals are dedicating themselves to traveling and bringing “merchandise” back to the island to sell. They fulfill two noble aspirations in this way: earn a…
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Cuba -- as a small and underdeveloped economy with a domestic structural crisis it has not overcome -- will always be influenced by an adverse international context. For that reason,…
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Cojimar, just a few minutes east of Cuba's capital city of Havana, is a small picturesque fishing village where American novelist Ernest Hemingway docked his boat is gaining notoriety…
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This article from the Colombian newspaper El Espectador was written two years ago. With the Trump administration trying to undo the many positive moves carried out by the Obama…
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Although the economy dealt with several shocks throughout the year, the response -- from the standpoint of economic policy -- was insufficient. We might even say that the economic…
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Emilio Ratmir Lozada García will leave his post in Moscow as Cuba's ambassador to Russia and return to Cuba on Jan. 1, 2018, after a four-year assignment in the Russian capital. His…
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In an apparent move to further hinder travel between Cuba and the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended operations in Havana. The announcement, made…
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An article in the British daily The Independent has buoyed Russian politologists, businessmen and politicians for its outlook on Russo-Cuban relations. Jason Marczak, director of the…
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