Daily Archives: April 28, 2011
Cuba's cigar industry
Smoked outRolling up under-the-counter trading in an emblematic productApr 28th 2011 | HAVANA | from the print edition
What price a Cohiba?
ONE of the reforms approved at this month's Congress of Cuba's ruling Communist Party was… Continue reading
Cuba needs to adapt to economic realities2011-04-28 18:38
Last week, Cuban President Raul Castro endorsed sweeping economic reforms, proposed term limits for government and Communist Party officials, and conceded that the party's failure to groom a new generation of leaders… Continue reading
25 April 2011Alert
News site journalists face arrest, intimidation during Communist Party Congress
Incident detailsArrest, Attack, ReleaseEnyor Díaz Allen, JournalistDetentionRaúl Arias Márquez, JournalistElier Muir Ávila, JournalistArrest, Questioning, ThreatIdalberto Acuña Carabeo, Journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – New York, April 20, 2011 – The… Continue reading
Direct flights from Texas to Cuba expected to increase trade opportunities
Posted on 28 April 2011 by ETR Staff Report
Agricultural trade with Cuba just became a little easier.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency recently authorized Dallas-Fort Worth International… Continue reading
Posted on Wednesday, 04.27.11
Cuba lawCuban court issues positive ruling in lawsuit
Cuban court says dissident lawyer's case against the Justice Department can continue.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@elnuevoherald.com
Cuba's top court has issued a relatively positive ruling in an unprecedented… Continue reading
Piñón on Energy: $4 bln for oil imports — what now?By Jorge Piñón
For the first time since July 2008, this month the average price of Venezuela's crude oil export basket surpassed the $100 per-barrel mark. This represents a possible… Continue reading
Cuba makes final preparations for five-wells hydrocarbon huntJeremy CresswellAberdeen Press and Journal
Cuba's Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS) says that the first of five deepwater exploration wells planned for the Cuban sector of the Gulf of Mexico is to spud… Continue reading
Necessities / Claudia CadeloClaudia Cadelo, Translator: Unstated
Since that time on one of the campuses of the University of Havana when I raised my hand to express a doubt about the Marxist categories of necessity versus chance, the concept surrounds… Continue reading
If ignorance were bliss, everyone would travel to CubaBy Alberto de la Cruz on 04/27/2011 – 5:50 am PDT — Headlines
According to an informal survey taken by a group made up of Minneapolis travel agencies, 75% of Americans would… Continue reading
Castro brothers still play the 'socialist' cardALVARO VARGAS LLOSABUENOS AIRES— From Wednesday's Globe and MailPublished Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2011 2:00AM EDT
The point of the recent Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, we had been led to believe, was… Continue reading
