Cuba

To maintain better control over the work of "cuentapropistas" (self-employed entrepreneurs), the Cuban government has established new guidelines. According to official statistics, as of…
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Both Cuba and Russia have decided that, as long as U.S. President Donald Trump maintains a bellicose stance toward both countries, further attempts to improve relations with Washington…
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Public funds devote no less than $1 billion a year to the importation of food; consequently, the national production of food is a priority. It is one of the many reasons the concern…
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National tourism in Cuba has had meteoric growth in the last years. In 2016, more than 991,122 Cubans stayed in hotels on the island, establishing a record in the country's tourist…
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Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, a diplomat who for 11 years headed "the U.S. desk" at the Cuban Foreign Ministry and was instrumental in the negotiations that led to improved relations between…
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In Cuba, public health care is free and universal. Cuba also has medics who travel abroad on international missions. This service brought to the Cuban Treasury more than $8.2 billion in…
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Reports from the first-semester meeting of the National Assembly of the People's Power say that the Gross National Product rose by 1.1 percent in the first semester. Coincidentally,…
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President Raúl Castro addressed the National Assembly this week stressing that the announcements made by President Donald Trump last June 16 in Miami signify a step back in bilateral…
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U.S. Chargé d'Affairs Jeffrey de Laurentis has left Cuba and been replaced by another career diplomat, Scott Hamilton, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Havana confirmed this past…
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To debate aspects of the Cuban reality is extremely important these days, but it would be healthier if this encounter of different postures were broader and if these opinions were…
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