Cubalog

Cuba weighs expanding small private businesses

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:07:16 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's lawmakers on�Wednesday mulled legalizing more small private businesses, perhaps expanding a limited program to include farm and food industries in the economically struggling communist nation, state media said.

Committees in the National Assembly were reviewing potential measures ahead of a keenly awaited address on Sunday by President Raul Castro.

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Paralyzed Cuban political prisoner headed to US

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:07:28 GMT

HAVANA — A recently freed Cuban political prisoner was preparing to board his Wednesday flight to the U.S from Havana's airport.

Ariel Sigler, 44 and paralyzed from the waist down, was released to his home in Matanzas province in June as part of a deal between Cuba's government and the island's Roman Catholic Church.

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Rebellious Spain stands firm in pursuit of change to EU Cuba policy

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:07:20 GMT

How does one solve a problem like Cuba? Even the United States, which has had a very clear Cuba policy for the past 50 years, finds it increasingly difficult to understand the real motives behind the contradictory actions and words coming from the regime in Havana. The political climate seems to change daily; strong hints of democratic reform and the upholding of human rights are often followed ... more

Crisis in Cuba?: an analyst’s insight

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:07:12 GMT

Euronews interviewed Carmelo Mesa-Lago, originally Cuban but now a US citizen and Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

euronews:

“Mr Mesa-Lago, last year you returned to Cuba for the first time in 20 years. What is your view of the economic situation in Cuba? Is the island in a state of economic emergency?”

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U.S. food sales to Cuba in steep decline

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:07:31 GMT

July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. food sales to Cuba fell by 35 percent from January through May compared with the same period in 2009, as the cash-strapped nation cut imports and bought from countries offering credit, a U.S.-based trade group said on Tuesday.

The steep decline followed a 24-percent drop in sales to the island in 2009 after record sales of $710 million in 2008.

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New Issue of Cuba Europe Dailogues

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:07:48 GMT

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Will Guillermo Fariñas Die?

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:06:51 GMT

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The Life of Political Prisoners in Cuba

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:06:32 GMT

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Cuba: A Report from a Country where Silence is Feared (Part II)

Tue, 11 May 2010 03:05:12 GMT

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Cuba: A Report from a Country where Silence is Feared (Part I)

Tue, 11 May 2010 11:05:36 GMT

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