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First steps from an on-line government site in Centro Habana
The brand new Centro Habana government portal invites citizens to share comments, news, complaints or problems about life in the municipality. It is the result of the Enredes project,…
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Continuity or continuism?
Continuity has to do with pursuing the just aspirations of a better country where everyone can enjoy an opportunity to develop their talents. It should not be confused with…
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Cuba sets nickel-cobalt production target at 50,000 tons for 2018
Cuba has announced it will produce 50,000 tons of nickel plus cobalt sulfides in 2018 from two nickel projects in the country. Cuba is the world's 10th largest nickel producer.
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Cuba: Power and reform
Díaz-Canel pledged to enforce plans for reform, and that they be complied with, and he called for "correcting errors." He proposed to move forward "without haste but without pauses, a…
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Cuba inaugurates government in a decadent world
Nothing indicates that the just completed elections will modify the U.S.'s current policy towards Cuba. In fact, that was what Mike Pence said during his visit to Peru on the occasion…
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Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel gives first speech in Assembly
In his speech, Díaz-Canel said: "There is no space here for a transition that ignores or destroys the legacy of so many years of struggle." He added that "Cuban foreign policy will…
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As expected, Díaz-Canel named Cuba’s new president
It's a tall order. An almost impossible task. History has made it difficult for the new Cuban president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, an electronic…
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The ‘ephemeral’ wholesale market, cooperatives and self-employment
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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Corruption in Cuba: Where there’s smoke…
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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Flares of caution from the comptroller’s office
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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