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| 06/22/2017 05:31 PM |
| The true face of GAESA in Havana’s Historic Quarter |
| The true face of GAESA in Havana’s Historic Quarter ROLANDO MARTÍNEZ | La Habana | 22 de Junio de 2017 – 11:27 CEST. “What has the change from Habaguanex to GAESA been like?” “Disastrous.” “Why?” “Because the military management is inept. They demand too much and want to intimidate us. Imagine: if you refuse to […] |
| 06/19/2017 03:10 PM |
| Three “Paladares” Closed Were Among The Best Restaurants In Havana |
| Three “Paladares” Closed Were Among The Best Restaurants In Havana 14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 16 June 2017 – The closure of three private restaurants in Havana last week has sparked doubts among owners of food service businesses. The fact that the three paladares – private restaurants – were rated “excellent” on Trip Advisor, one of […] |
| 06/19/2017 02:47 PM |
| Vicegobernadora de Minnesota a Cuba para negocios agrícolas |
| Vicegobernadora de Minnesota a Cuba para negocios agrícolas La vicegobernadora del estado de Minnesota, Tina Smith anunció el viaje esta semana a Cuba de una delegación bipartidista con el objetivo dice de ” ayudar a los agricultores de Minnesota a aprovechar la demanda de productos agrícolas importados en Cuba”. Smith y los miembros de la […] |
| 06/17/2017 11:18 PM |
| El precio de comerciar con el régimen castrista |
| El precio de comerciar con el régimen castrista Vengan señores comerciantes, en Cuba los generales esperan por ustedes Viernes, junio 16, 2017 | Alberto Méndez Castelló LAS TUNAS, Cuba.- “Tenemos que garantizar un horno de carbón por mes. Una parva (montón de leña) grande rinde 100 sacos y nos pagan a 60 centavos el kilogramo, […] |
| 06/17/2017 10:02 PM |
| Farmers Blast Trump’s Cuba Retreat as Bad for Trade |
| Farmers Blast Trump’s Cuba Retreat as Bad for Trade June 17, 2017 4:55 AM Reuters CHICAGO — U.S. farm groups criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to retreat from his predecessor’s opening toward Cuba, saying it could derail huge increases in farm exports that totaled $221 million last year. A trade delegation from Minnesota, one of […] |
| 06/17/2017 10:01 PM |
| National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba |
| National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES […] |
| 06/17/2017 09:25 PM |
| Trump recasts Cuba policy, takes harder line than Obama on military, travel |
| Trump recasts Cuba policy, takes harder line than Obama on military, travel BY PATRICIA MAZZEI AND NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] In an overhaul of one of his predecessor’s signature legacies, President Donald Trump will redraw U.S. policy toward Cuba on Friday, tightening travel restrictions for Americans that had been loosened under President Barack Obama and […] |
| 06/17/2017 09:18 PM |
| Trump: New policy on Cuba begins with enforcement of U.S. law |
| Trump: New policy on Cuba begins with enforcement of U.S. law BY MIMI WHITEFIELD [email protected] The new Cuba policy announced by President Donald Trump makes it clear the president will be looking to the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 — also known as the Helms-Burton Act — in forging his new take […] |
| 06/17/2017 08:22 PM |
| Trumpetilla |
| Trumpetilla Apuntar a GAESA y al resto del complejo militar-industrial-comercial en Cuba no es otra cosa que puro embeleco para dar pura imagen teatral de Trump más duro que Obama Arnaldo M. Fernández, Broward | 17/06/2017 10:19 am Sólo el desespero y el embullo explican el papelazo del anticastrismo tardío en la peripecia que con […] |
| 06/17/2017 08:15 PM |
| Los datos de Engage Cuba sobre las pérdidas económicas tras revertir el deshielo son ‘erróneos’ |
| Los datos de Engage Cuba sobre las pérdidas económicas tras revertir el deshielo son ‘erróneos’ DDC | Miami | 16 de Junio de 2017 – 01:58 CEST. La coalición Engage Cuba anunció hace unas semanas que de revertirse el deshielo entre Washington y La Habana, EEUU perdería 6.600 millones de dólares y 12.295 puestos de […] |
| 06/15/2017 06:06 PM |
| The End Of The Cycle For Two Caudillos |
| The End Of The Cycle For Two Caudillos 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 12 June 2017 — His mother died, his brother emigrated and now no one brings flowers to the tomb of one of those many young Cubans who lost their lives on the African plains. His death served to build the authoritarian regime of […] |
| 06/15/2017 05:40 PM |
| Empresas de EEUU, ‘preocupadas’ por un cambio de política hacia La Habana |
| Empresas de EEUU, ‘preocupadas’ por un cambio de política hacia La Habana DDC | Miami | 15 de Junio de 2017 – 14:50 CEST. La cadena hotelera Marriot expresó este miércoles “su preocupación” por las nuevas medidas que anunciará el presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, respecto al Gobierno cubano, según informa The Washington Free Beacon. […] |
| 06/15/2017 02:44 PM |
| Trump’s Cuba Policy Changes Could Mean Lost Opportunities For Texas |
| Trump’s Cuba Policy Changes Could Mean Lost Opportunities For Texas The Port of Houston stands to benefit from increased energy and agricultural trade with Cuba, if and when Congress lifts the U.S. embargo on the island nation. ANDREW SCHNEIDER | POSTED ON JUNE 13, 2017, 5:22 PM President Trump is soon expected to announce plans […] |
| 06/15/2017 01:01 PM |
| Race to influence the president on Cuba policy heats up |
| Race to influence the president on Cuba policy heats up BY MIMI WHITEFIELD [email protected] With an announcement on Cuba policy by President Donald Trump apparently imminent, those for and against engagement are jockeying to get their positions before the president — even his daughter Ivanka. There has been a flurry of letters to the president […] |
| 06/13/2017 12:49 PM |
| Controlan los militares la economía cubana? ¿Qué es GAESA y qué peso tiene? |
| ¿Controlan los militares la economía cubana? ¿Qué es GAESA y qué peso tiene? NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] Los legisladores cubanoamericanos están presionando para que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump imponga restricciones a los negocios de compañías estadounidenses con compañías cubanas controladas por los militares, como parte de una nueva política hacia Cuba que se […] |
| 06/13/2017 09:22 AM |
| Cuba to Trump: We are ready to deal |
| Cuba to Trump: We are ready to deal By Jim Acosta, CNN Updated 1540 GMT (2340 HKT) June 12, 2017 Source: CNN Obama moved to normalize relations with Cuba Trump has said he would rollback some of what Obama initiated Washington (CNN)The Cuban government is signaling it is willing to enter into detailed negotiations with […] |
| 06/13/2017 09:00 AM |
| Will Congress pass bills to encourage Cuba trade, farm labor changes? |
| Will Congress pass bills to encourage Cuba trade, farm labor changes? The view from the Louisiana Secretary of Agriculture David Bennett | Jun 12, 2017 With crop prices low and too many rural communities economically sluggish, recent news out of the White House hasn’t helped disperse lingering dark clouds. The Trump administration put forth a […] |
| 06/13/2017 08:53 AM |
| High on Cuba policy proposal: restricting U.S. business deals with Cuba’s military-run entities |
| High on Cuba policy proposal: restricting U.S. business deals with Cuba’s military-run entities BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] Cuban-American members of Congress have been pushing the Trump administration to restrict deals between U.S. companies and Cuban firms controlled by the island’s military, as part of the new Trump policy toward Cuba expected to be announced […] |
| 06/12/2017 09:32 PM |
| Fin de ciclo para dos caudillos |
| Fin de ciclo para dos caudillos YOANI SÁNCHEZ, La Habana | Junio 12, 2017 es a la tumba de uno de esos tantos jóvenes cubanos que perdieron la vida en las llanuras africanas. Su fallecimiento sirvió para edificar el régimen autoritario de José Eduardo dos Santos en Angola, un caudillo que desde 1979 mantiene en […] |
| 06/12/2017 08:56 PM |
| How will President Trump change Obama’s Cuba policy? |
| How will President Trump change Obama’s Cuba policy? Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS) Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:12pm President Donald Trump is expected to announce his changes on Friday. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to roll back parts of President Barack Obama’s improvement of relations with Cuba, siding with hawks who oppose detente and […] |
| 06/12/2017 08:46 PM |
| Trump considers reversing historic Obama-era opening with Cuba |
| Trump considers reversing historic Obama-era opening with Cuba Tracy Wilkinson President Trump is expected to roll back parts of the historic Obama-era opening with Cuba, siding with hawks who oppose detente and rejecting demands from U.S. businesses for whom the island is a ripe potential market. The decision follows an inter-agency administration review of one […] |
| 06/11/2017 01:01 PM |
| Seis cosas que no había antes del «deshielo» y ahora hay |
| Seis cosas que no había antes del «deshielo» y ahora hay Al comparar el primer semestre de 2016 con el de 2015, EEUU fue el país con el aumento de viajeros más significativo (79,7 %), según datos de la Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas de Cuba Agencias, Madrid | 11/06/2017 10:52 am El 17 de diciembre […] |
| 06/10/2017 12:36 PM |
| Trump to reveal Cuba policy in Miami next Friday |
| Trump to reveal Cuba policy in Miami next Friday BY PATRICIA MAZZEI [email protected] President Donald Trump will travel to Miami next Friday to announce his administration’s changes to U.S.-Cuba policy, a source with knowledge of the president’s plans told the Miami Herald. The location for the event is still in the works. But scheduling the […] |
| 06/09/2017 06:45 PM |
| Between the Official Utopia and Generational Realism |
| Between the Official Utopia and Generational Realism / Cubanet, Miriam Celaya Cubanet, Miriam Celaya, Havana, 1 June 2017. – A characteristic feature of ineffective and outdated political regimes is the constant appeal to the historical past as a mechanism for legitimizing the present, and as a resource for survival. In the case of Cuba, this […] |
| 06/08/2017 05:18 PM |
| Cuba recibió 40.000 turistas polacos en 2016 |
| Cuba recibió 40.000 turistas polacos en 2016 Cerca de 40.000 turistas polacos visitaron Cuba en 2016, según ha destacado el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Polonia, Witold Waszczykowski, durante la vista oficial que ha realizado a La Habana esta semana, y añadió que espera que en los próximos años los viajes se incrementen, tanto por […] |
| 06/08/2017 04:37 PM |
| Chefs internacionales ven en la cocina cubana un potencial turístico atractivo |
| Chefs internacionales ven en la cocina cubana un potencial turístico atractivo AGENCIAS | La Habana | 8 de Junio de 2017 – 16:19 CEST. Chefs y expertos internacionales en gastronomía ven hoy a la cocina tradicional cubana como un potencial atractivo turístico, que los cocineros y productores locales deben esforzarse por preservar y desarrollar, en […] |
| 06/07/2017 04:03 PM |
| Bruno Rodríguez recibe al primer canciller polaco que visita la Isla en más de 30 años |
| Bruno Rodríguez recibe al primer canciller polaco que visita la Isla en más de 30 años DDC | La Habana | 7 de Junio de 2017 – 09:34 CEST. Los cancilleres de Cuba y Polonia, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla y Witold Waszczykowski, respectivamente, expresaron la voluntad de ampliar las relaciones bilaterales en el plano político, además […] |
| 06/06/2017 02:35 PM |
| Can ocean science bring Cuba and the United States together? |
| Can ocean science bring Cuba and the United States together? JORGE ALBERTO ANGULO-VALDES, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA June 5, 2017 Updated: June 5, 2017 6:02pm (THE CONVERSATION) Cuba is the ecological crown jewel of the Caribbean. It harbors thousands of the region’s endemic species and about half of its coastal ecosystems. It is rare to find […] |
| 06/06/2017 02:33 PM |
| Crawford advances excise tax bill to help restart Cuba exports |
| Crawford advances excise tax bill to help restart Cuba exports Arkansas Rep. Rick Crawford’s effort to restart trade with Cuba draws criticism from U.S.-Cuba experts. Forrest Laws | Jun 05, 2017 In a perfect world, the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration would agree the 57-year-old Cuban Embargo hasn’t worked and probably never will and […] |
| 06/06/2017 02:27 PM |
| Geingob calls for removal of U.S. trade embargo on Cuba |
| Geingob calls for removal of U.S. trade embargo on Cuba June 6, 2017 Albertina Nakale Windhoek-President Hage Geingob says there is much ground to cover to ensure the complete lifting of the United States of America’s long running economic and trade blockade against Cuba. Geingob made the remarks yesterday during the commencement of the 5th […] |
| 06/06/2017 02:25 PM |
| Senators introduce The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2017 |
| Senators introduce The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2017 The legislation repeals the Cuban trade embargo. Jun 06, 2017 A bipartisan coalition of senators have introduced legislation, The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2017, to eliminate legal barriers for Americans doing business in Cuba. U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Enzi […] |
| 06/05/2017 07:01 PM |
| Legislación busca eliminar barreras al comercio con Cuba, al tiempo que compensa a víctimas de confiscaciones |
| Legislación busca eliminar barreras al comercio con Cuba, al tiempo que compensa a víctimas de confiscaciones junio 04, 2017 En una versión enmendada de su propuesta de Ley de Exportaciones Agrícolas a Cuba, el legislador Rick Crawford incluye un impuesto del 2 por ciento a las ventas destinado a compensar a los estadounidenses cuya propiedad […] |
| 06/05/2017 06:58 PM |
| Trump se debate entre retoques y grandes cambios a la política hacia Cuba |
| Trump se debate entre retoques y grandes cambios a la política hacia Cuba junio 04, 2017 Lucía Leal/EFE Fuentes aseguran que la Casa Blanca baraja prohibir que las empresas estadounidenses negocien con entidades que tengan lazos con las FAR, así como endurecer las restricciones a los viajes de estadounidenses. El presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, […] |
| 06/05/2017 01:17 PM |
| La zafra 2017 vuelve a incumplir |
| La zafra 2017 vuelve a incumplir DIMAS CASTELLANOS | La Habana | 5 de Junio de 2017 – 01:45 CEST. El diario Granma publicó el 30 de mayo un trabajo que su autora, teniendo en cuenta que los incumplimientos en Cuba no son noticias, en lugar de titularlo “Termina la zafra azucarera y se incumple […] |
| 06/03/2017 01:44 PM |
| Cuba Recognizes Private Businesses |
| Cuba Recognizes Private Businesses June 2, 2017 “Calling things by their proper name” By Guillermo Nova (dpa) HAVANA TIMES — While some Cuban officials fear that economic reforms mean that capitalism will return to the island, Parliament has taken heed of president Raul Castro about “calling things by their proper name” and has legalized what […] |
| 06/03/2017 01:37 PM |
| New bill adds tax on sales to Cuba |
| New bill adds tax on sales to Cuba For reparations, Crawford says By Frank E. Lockwood This article was published today at 2:07 a.m. WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford wants to remove barriers to trade with Cuba while also aiding victims of the Cuban government, the Jonesboro Republican said Friday. So his legislation, which […] |
| 06/03/2017 01:32 PM |
| Curbelo supports tax on agricultural exports to Cuba |
| Curbelo supports tax on agricultural exports to Cuba NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] Miami U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo supports imposing a two-percent tax on sales of agricultural products to Cuba, to be used to compensate property owners confiscated by the island government. “Although no definitive agreement has been reached, the concept that the victims of Castro’s […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:27 PM |
| La Habana y la OIEA acuerdan cooperar en seguridad radiológica, salud y medio ambiente |
| La Habana y la OIEA acuerdan cooperar en seguridad radiológica, salud y medio ambiente DDC | La Habana | 2 de Junio de 2017 – 17:27 CEST. El Gobierno de Cuba y el Organismo Internacional de la Energía Atómica (OIEA) suscribieron este viernes en Viena un acuerdo de cooperación técnica para los próximos años con […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:25 PM |
| Carmelo Mesa-Lago: “The Cuban Government Panicked After Obama’s Visit” |
| Carmelo Mesa-Lago: “The Cuban Government Panicked After Obama’s Visit” 14ymedio, Maité Rico, Madrid, 1 June 12017 — Carmelo Mesa-Lago (born Havana, 1934) has spent a good part of his life trying to open a breach of good sense in the wall of absurdities with which that the Castro regime has ended up plunging into bankruptcy […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:20 PM |
| Danger, Men At Work |
| Danger, Men At Work 14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 29 May 2017 — They call him “Manolo 440” because a few years ago he had an electrocution accident in a building under construction. He managed to survive and has since been given the nickname of the voltage that almost killed him. He was lucky, unlike the […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:11 PM |
| The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn’t Any |
| The Future Is Built With Cement … But There Isn’t Any 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 26 May 2017 — The cranes show off their slender anatomy in some areas of Havana where several luxury hotels are being built. Apart from this landscape of progress, private construction and repairs face technological problems and shortages. This week […] |
| 06/02/2017 07:00 PM |
| Cuba Seeks To Use Tourism Boom To Boost Other Economic Areas |
| Cuba Seeks To Use Tourism Boom To Boost Other Economic Areas 14ymedio, Havana, 20 May 2017 — Cuba seeks to take advantage of the recent rise of tourism, one of the locomotives of the island’s economy, to boost other areas and local services, in which the tourism sector invested more than 310 million Cuban convertible […] |
| 06/02/2017 06:57 PM |
| Cuba Loses More Than Half of the Food Harvested, Reports a Spanish NGO |
| Cuba Loses More Than Half of the Food Harvested, Reports a Spanish NGO 14ymedio, Havana, 23 May 2017 — Agriculture in Cuba is among the lowest performing in Latin America according to an evaluation published by the non-governmental organization Mundubat, based in the Basque Country (Spain). On the island, losses during harvest and after collection […] |
| 06/02/2017 06:52 PM |
| Cuba’s Fake Transport Co-ops |
| Cuba’s Fake Transport Co-ops 14ymedio, Pedro Campos, Miami, 18 May 2017 — In an effort to persuade Cubans and the international left that “Cuba is building socialism,” while seeking to convince the world that Castroism is abandoning State Totalitarianism and also trying to counteract the relative independence achieved by the so-called boteros, or boatmen, as […] |
| 06/02/2017 05:47 PM |
| La tiranía castrista tiene el tiempo contado |
| La tiranía castrista tiene el tiempo contado 23 Mayo, 2017 7:37 pm por Alfredo M Cepero Miami, USA, Alfredo M. Cepero, (PD) Como un reloj obsoleto al que se le acaba la cuerda, la tiranía castrista tiene el tiempo contado porque ha sido un rotundo fracaso en todos los aspectos de la vida nacional cubana. […] |
| 06/02/2017 03:52 PM |
| Trump Threatens to Rescind Obama’s Cuba Engagement—and Activists Fight Back |
| Trump Threatens to Rescind Obama’s Cuba Engagement—and Activists Fight Back The advocacy community now includes travel agencies, airline and agricultural companies, and a growing number of politicians. By Peter KornbluhTwitterTODAY 7:00 AM At mid-day on May 29, the conservative media website The Daily Caller posted an “exclusive” story titled “Trump Set To Roll Back Obama’s […] |
| 06/02/2017 03:10 AM |
| Cuba reitera prohibición de concentrar riqueza … (¿y GAESA?) |
| Cuba reitera prohibición de concentrar riqueza … (¿y GAESA?) “A determinada escala, la gente tendrá determinado nivel de ingreso”, sentenció el llamado zar de las reformas, Marino Murillo, ausente de la escena pública desde julio, la víspera de una reunión extraordinaria de la Asamblea Nacional este jueves y viernes. La concentración de la propiedad y […] |
| 06/01/2017 04:32 PM |
| Fariseos!… Y la libertad de Cuba ¿Qué? |
| ¡Fariseos!… Y la libertad de Cuba ¿Qué? [01-06-2017 12:26:27] Lcdo. Sergio Ramos (www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Un grupo de senadores bipartidistas ha presentado un Proyecto de Ley para liberalizar los viajes de turistas a Cuba. También se ha radicado otro proyecto de ley para permitir las exportaciones de ciertos productos agrícolas a ese país. Algunos de los legisladores […] |
| 05/31/2017 10:13 PM |
| Y la libertad de Cuba, qué? |
| ¿Y la libertad de Cuba, qué? Es difícil creer tanta ingenuidad e ignorancia de parte de los legisladores estadounidenses Lunes, mayo 29, 2017 | Sergio Ramos SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.- Un grupo de senadores bipartidistas ha presentado un Proyecto de Ley para liberalizar los viajes de turistas a Cuba. También se ha radicado otro proyecto […] |
| 05/31/2017 09:25 PM |
| Mi preparación militar para la guerra de Angola |
| Mi preparación militar para la guerra de Angola Fueron miles los muertos y los mutilados. Yo pude haber sido uno de ellos Miércoles, mayo 31, 2017 | Jorge Luis González Suárez LA HABANA, Cuba.- El año 1976 marcó mi vida con un acontecimiento imborrable en la memoria: fui llamado por la reserva militar a participar […] |
| 05/31/2017 08:25 PM |
| Exportaciones agrícolas de EEUU a Cuba deberán compensar confiscaciones |
| Exportaciones agrícolas de EEUU a Cuba deberán compensar confiscaciones Un nuevo proyecto de ley podría ver pronto la luz Lunes, mayo 29, 2017 | CubaNet MIAMI, Estados Unidos.- El legislador republicano Rick Crawford, del estado de Arkansas, ha propuesto incluir en un nuevo proyecto de ley el cobro del 2 por ciento de las ventas […] |
| 05/31/2017 07:20 PM |
| Cuba to close 2017 cigar harvest with nearly 30,000 tons of tobacco leaves |
| Cuba to close 2017 cigar harvest with nearly 30,000 tons of tobacco leaves Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-30 11:27:02 HAVANA, May 29 (Xinhua) — Cuba will conclude its current tobacco harvest with almost 30,000 tons of leaves, which is expected to increase incomes of one of the island’s main exports and have a positive impact on its […] |
| 05/31/2017 05:44 PM |
| Eurodiputados avalan acuerdo entre la UE y Cuba |
| Eurodiputados avalan acuerdo entre la UE y Cuba Es la primera de una serie de votaciones propuestas. La recomendación legal para la votación en pleno será la de la Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores, el 20 de junio Agencias, Madrid | 31/05/2017 12:48 pm Los eurodiputados de la Comisión de Desarrollo del Parlamento Europeo (PE) avalaron […] |
| 05/30/2017 09:13 PM |
| Can We Progress in Cuba under the Current Model? |
| Can We Progress in Cuba under the Current Model? May 29, 2017 HAVANA TIMES — I couldn’t help but think about the analogy of a popular Cuban saying when reflecting upon the prospects we have of our economy progressing by 2030, while reading about a case in the Juventud Rebelde newspaper last week. The article […] |
| 05/30/2017 08:54 PM |
| Agricultural exports to Cuba would help compensate those whose properties were seized |
| Agricultural exports to Cuba would help compensate those whose properties were seized BY NORA GÁMEZ TORRES [email protected] The congressional battle between lawmakers from farming states and Cuban American colleagues on funding food exports to Cuba could be coming to an end thanks to an “elegant” solution that is part of proposed legislation: a 2 percent […] |
| 05/30/2017 05:43 PM |
| El Gobierno quiere ‘atraer el dinero ruso a Cuba’ |
| El Gobierno quiere ‘atraer el dinero ruso a Cuba’ DDC | Moscú | 30 de Mayo de 2017 – 00:50 CEST. Una delegación cubana presentará proyectos del Gobierno “que podrían interesar a inversores rusos” en el Foro Económico Internacional de San Petersburgo, informa Sputnik. “Los cubanos quieren mostrar en San Petersburgo el potencial de su […] |
| 05/30/2017 05:24 PM |
| An Appeal to the White House |
| Editorial: An Appeal to the White House DDC | Madrid | 30 de Mayo de 2017 – 14:42 CEST. Castroism’s plans for 2018 are clear: to officially sanction the transfer of power to the family’s heirs and double down on the kind of state capitalism that the Castros and the military elite already administrate. This […] |
| 05/30/2017 03:54 PM |
| Cómo Trump vuelve a mentirles a los cubanos (II) |
| Cómo Trump vuelve a mentirles a los cubanos (II) El autor está sorprendido de que “una gran cantidad de anticastristas guarden silencio ante las mentiras del presidente Trump con respecto a Cuba” Manuel Castro Rodríguez, Miami | 30/05/2017 9:50 am Siempre he dicho que podrán existir padres iguales a los que tuve la dicha de […] |
| 05/30/2017 01:27 PM |
| Going after the whistleblower rather than the culprits: the tobacco conflict continues in Mayarí |
| Going after the whistleblower rather than the culprits: the tobacco conflict continues in Mayarí OSMEL RAMÍREZ ÁLVAREZ | Holguín | 29 de Mayo de 2017 – 17:25 CEST. Criminalizing the disclosure of violations to the public, rather than those who perpetrated them, seems to be the approach taken by the authorities in the conflict between […] |
| 05/29/2017 07:45 PM |
| El Instituto de Meteorología prevé una temporada ciclónica de comportamiento ‘normal’ |
| El Instituto de Meteorología prevé una temporada ciclónica de comportamiento ‘normal’ AGENCIAS | La Habana | 29 de Mayo de 2017 – 12:38 CEST. El Centro de Pronósticos del Instituto de Meteorología prevé que la próxima temporada de ciclones en el Atlántico tendrá un comportamiento “normal”, aunque no descarta la posibilidad del impacto de al […] |
| 05/22/2017 09:24 PM |
| Cultura y República en Cuba: del origen militar y marinero a la modernidad del Havana Hilton |
| Cultura y República en Cuba: del origen militar y marinero a la modernidad del Havana Hilton mayo 21, 2017 Armando de Armas / martinoticias.com El eminente historiador Manuel Moreno Fraginals definió la cultura cubana como militar y marinera, y no le faltaba razón a pesar de que, como sabemos, la isla no ha dado ni […] |
| 05/22/2017 03:13 PM |
| Concluye en Cuba el ejercicio “Meteoro 2017” |
| Concluye en Cuba el ejercicio “Meteoro 2017” El Gobierno cubano ha impuesto esta práctica en la isla desde 1986 Lunes, mayo 22, 2017 | Agencias LA HABANA, Cuba.- Cuba concluyó ayer el ejercicio “Meteoro 2017”, una movilización de dos días enfocada en fortalecer su preparación y respuesta para mitigar el impacto de sismos, huracanes y […] |
| 05/22/2017 03:11 PM |
| Turismo, el pastel solo para unos pocos |
| Turismo, el pastel solo para unos pocos El sector debería ser inclusivo con los inversionistas cubanos Lunes, mayo 22, 2017 | Miriam Leiva LA HABANA, Cuba.- El turismo podría convertirse en la industria propulsora del despertar productivo y económico en Cuba. El pequeño archipiélago del mar Caribe, a 90 millas de Estados Unidos, posee una […] |
| 05/22/2017 03:01 PM |
| Supporting Cuba through the drought of the century |
| Supporting Cuba through the drought of the century REPORT from European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Published on 22 May 2017 By Hilaire Avril, Regional Information Officer, EU Humanitarian Aid. Cuba has been fighting one of the toughest droughts in a century for the past three years. Declining and erratic […] |
| 05/21/2017 06:45 PM |
| Cuba está entre los países con una agricultura de más bajos rendimientos en América Latina |
| ‘Cuba está entre los países con una agricultura de más bajos rendimientos en América Latina’ DDC | Madrid | 20 de Mayo de 2017 – 22:51 CEST. El 57% de los alimentos producidos en la Isla se pierde entre las fases de cosecha-postcosecha y de distribución a los mercados interiores y las ciudades, reveló un […] |
| 05/20/2017 07:38 PM |
| En Cuba se pierde el 57 % de alimentos antes de llegar al consumidor, asegura informe |
| En Cuba se pierde el 57 % de alimentos antes de llegar al consumidor, asegura informe La organización de ayuda al desarrollo Mundubat, que trabaja con entidades cubanas, ha publicado una evaluación sobre la producción y distribución de alimentos en Cuba, “entre los países con una agricultura con más bajos rendimientos en América Latina”. Mundubat, […] |
| 05/20/2017 07:34 PM |
| Cuba: República sepultada por decreto oficial |
| Cuba: República sepultada por decreto oficial mayo 20, 2017 Iván García, desde La Habana Mientras los cubanos radicados en Miami festejan el 20 de Mayo por todo lo alto, en Cuba es un día como otro cualquiera. Así lo que ha querido la autocracia verde olivo. Este 20 de Mayo se cumplen 115 años del […] |
| 05/20/2017 07:13 PM |
| Private credit for Cuba on table |
| Private credit for Cuba on table Bill would ease agriculture trade By Frank E. Lockwood WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he wants to remove barriers to trade with Cuba, telling a House committee this week: “If our folks grow it, I want to sell it.” Current U.S. law prevents American farmers from […] |
| 05/19/2017 09:01 PM |
| Cuban Professionals Are Afraid In Venezuela |
| Cuban Professionals Are Afraid In Venezuela 14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 18 May 2017 — Seen from the Venezuelan opposition as an army of occupation and from the Venezuelan government as soldiers of socialism, tens of thousands of Cuban professionals live a situation that is complicated day after day in convulsive Venezuela. The Cuban government has […] |
| 05/19/2017 08:17 PM |
| Reitera secretario de Agricultura de Trump que apoyará financiamiento en EEUU de ventas de alimentos a Cuba |
| Reitera secretario de Agricultura de Trump que apoyará financiamiento en EEUU de ventas de alimentos a Cuba “Creo que es algo que yo apoyaría”, dijo Sonny Perdue a congresistas, acerca de un proyecto para eliminar el requisito de pago en efectivo por Cuba o financiamiento solo por terceros países. Matizó que le preocuparía que se […] |
| 05/18/2017 09:09 PM |
| Las falsas cooperativas de transporte en Cuba |
| Las falsas cooperativas de transporte en Cuba PEDRO CAMPOS, Miami | Mayo 18, 2017 En su afán por hacer creer a los cubanos y a la izquierda internacional que “Cuba construye el socialismo”, buscando convencer al mundo de que el castrismo está abandonando el estatalismo totalitario y para tratar de contrarrestar la independencia relativa alcanzada […] |
| 05/15/2017 05:24 PM |
| LITTLE-NOTICED FIRST U.S. RICE SHIPMENT TO CUBA SINCE 2008 |
| LITTLE-NOTICED FIRST U.S. RICE SHIPMENT TO CUBA SINCE 2008 By Chuck Abbott 5/15/2017 The nonpartisan U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council says the first shipment of U.S. rice to Cuba in nine years apparently passed unnoticed in the ongoing debate over trade with the island nation. Based in New York, the council, which produces monthly reports […] |
| 05/08/2017 09:40 PM |
| Eating Steak and Fries is a Luxury in Cuba |
| Eating Steak and Fries is a Luxury in Cuba / Iván García Iván García, 2 May 2017 — On an afternoon like any other, an underground seller of beef, living in the southeast of Havana, bought flank steaks wholesale from a slaughterer, to then sell them to private restaurants and neighbours who could afford them. […] |
| 05/08/2017 08:52 PM |
| El Gobierno abre en Trinidad un mercado de productos del agro destinado a hostaleros |
| El Gobierno abre en Trinidad un mercado de productos del agro destinado a hostaleros DDC | Sancti Spíritus | 8 de Mayo de 2017 – 15:21 CEST. Con el nombre Merca Hostal Trinidad se ha inaugurado en esa localidad de Sancti Spíritus un mercado para reforzar el abastecimiento de productos del agro al sector no […] |
| 05/05/2017 08:36 PM |
| Aumentan muertos envenados y ahogados en Cuba; menos casos de suicidios |
| Aumentan muertos envenados y ahogados en Cuba; menos casos de suicidios Posted on 5 Mayo, 2017 by Café Fuerte La cifra de personas que perdieron la vida por envenenamiento aumentó a 92 en el 2016, 10 más que en el año precedente, según cifras oficiales. El Anuario Estadístico de Salud 2016, recién publicado, cataloga estos […] |