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An editorial: Free health services
The conclusion, and what we've all learned during decades in Cuba, is that free health care and education are a right, not a privilege. It's a matter for the government, which quite…
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Cuba’s small businesses are hampered by rules
For any self-employed entrepreneur in Cuba today, anything involving financing, supplies and taxes is a major headache that includes restrictions on access to loans, the absence of a…
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They’re baaack! Russian Ladas return to Cuba in streamlined shapes
The Russian car maker AvtoVAZ will deliver 300 of its latest model vehicles to Cuba this year, company president Nikolya Mor announced Friday in Havana. Mor added that his company is…
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Entrepreneurship, between aspiring and being
On Oct. 13, 2010, self-employed entrepreneurship resurged in Cuba. For the first time ever, the nation's top leaders advocated its expansion with wide-ranging measures. However, the…
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Depressed and anxious
The prestigious World Health Organization (WHO), which has often praised Cuba's health system and how well it deals with epidemic and natural catastrophes in other parts of the world,…
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Cuba bars O.A.S. chief, blasts ‘plot’ to embarrass nation
In a remarkably blunt statement, the Cuban Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denounced what it called a plot by anti-Cuban individuals and organizations to "generat internal instability,…
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Anti-Cuban provocation fails; A statement from the Cuban Foreign Ministry
Recently, the media reported on the intention of the General Secretary of the O.A.S., Luis Almagro Lemes, to travel to Havana to receive an "award". Upon learning of these plans and…
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The Internet and the future of Cuba’s economy
Cuba's largest and best asset is its people, and this potential will not be released without the Internet. It is also a weighty element when attracting foreign investment. Certain…
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Is renewable energy a solution for Cuba?
Cubans understand how much oil and its international economic fluctuations affect their daily lives. That is why, when in mid-2016 adjustments and cutbacks of crude were applied to the…
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Not adapting to its societal changes
At the start of 2017, Cuba is in many ways a very different country than in 1990. Two-and-a-half decades of major events have deeply marked a nation convinced that it occupies a…
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