- Qué poder tendrá el nuevo presidente?
- Inversión extranjera, militares empresarios y deuda pública
- Dos párrocos ofician una ’emotiva ceremonia’ en la sede de las Damas de Blanco
- La ONU declara arbitrarios el arresto y posterior encarcelamiento de El Sexto
- Una cubana y sus dos hijas habrían sido víctimas de feminicidio en Quito
- Rosa María Payá viaja a la Isla para honrar a su padre en el quinto aniversario de su muerte
- ‘Financial Times’: ‘Santos habría viajado a la Isla para concertar una salida a la crisis en Venezuela’
- Enfoque de género
- El final de una pesadilla
- Liberado el candidato independiente Ernesto López Matamoros
Daily Archives: February 25, 2008
From Socialist Paradise to Ethanol Republic?
February 22, 2008, 3:09 pm
Cuba: From Socialist Paradise to Ethanol Republic?
Posted by Keith Johnson
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Venderemos! (Wikipedia)
In the wake of El Comandante's decision to turn Cuba over to his brother
Raul, speculation over the island's future has been rife, including
here. But the idea that post-Castro Cuba, free of the U.S. embargo and… Continue reading
Cubans Hope for More Self-Employment
Cubans Hope for More Self-Employment
Feb 22, 2008 3:20 AM (1 day ago) By WILL WEISSERT, AP
HAVANA (Map, News) – Juan Bautista Gonzalez's living room was already
crowded with customers when still more shuffled in, clutching gold
necklaces with broken clasps and bent rhinestone earrings. He knew he
would be skipping lunch again.
"If someone… Continue reading
Food shortage sparks Cuba-style rationing
VENEZUELA
Food shortage sparks Cuba-style rationing
Amid a continuing food shortage, the Venezuelan government has announced
a rationing system similar to Cuba's.
Posted on Sun, Feb. 24, 2008
BY CASTO OCANDO
El Nuevo Herald
Venezuela has adopted an unprecedented system of food rationing similar
to the ration cards used in Cuba, after several months of food… Continue reading