Tag: Cuba

Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:15 UTC
Cuba opens bank loans for small businesses, private farmers and house repair

Cuba has authorised banks to loan money to small businesses, private farmers and people who want to repair or build homes - a revolutionary step for the island's government.
Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:19 UTC
Twitter ‘shouting match’ between Raul Castro’s daughter and dissident blogger

Social media moved into a new realm in technologically backward Cuba Tuesday when Cuban President Raúl Castro's controversial daughter Mariela began tweeting and quickly got into the Twitter equivalent of a shouting match with dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez.
Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:49 UTC
Cuba opens in Washington a bar in honour of Ernest Hemingway

The Cuban Interests Section in the US capital has opened an invite-only bar in honour of the US writer Ernest Hemingway, who spent considerable time in Cuba during the 1940s and 1950s.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:40 UTC
After fifty years Cubans can buy and sell houses

Cubans will be able to buy and sell houses for the first time in more than five decades in a long-awaited reform that legalizes what many have done for years but also restricts how much property they can own, state-run press said on Thursday.
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:53 UTC
UN assembly calls on the US (for the 20th time) to lift trade embargo against Cuba

The UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for the 20th straight year on the United States to lift its trade embargo against Cuba, as the communist-run island dismissed as fraudulent US moves to ease some restrictions.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:16 UTC
Cuba promoting Special development zones with Brazilian financial support

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca underlined the crucial role of foreign investment for the development of Cuban Special Development Zones”.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:16 UTC
Chavez declares he’s free of cancer; makes pilgrimage to Catholic miraculous shrine

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez self-declared he was cancer-free on Thursday four months after surgery to remove a cancerous tumour that shook the oil rich country ahead of a 2012 presidential vote.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Cuba to lease larger plots to private farmers hoping to increase food production

Cuba will greatly expand the amount of land granted to private farmers, an agriculture official said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to boost food production.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:48 UTC
Repsol invites US to check its oil rig standards before drilling in Cuban waters

Repsol YPF SA, which is scheduled to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters, has offered US agencies an opportunity to inspect the vessel and its equipment before it arrives at the well site, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich said.
Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for ‘fourth and final’ cancer treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment. Chavez, who finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cuba last month, said he will be undergoing what he described as “rigorous examinations”.