Reforms
A New U.S.-Cuba Policy: Did Cuba Win?
27 March 2011 Last updated at 16:27 GMT
Cuba inches towards market socialism
By Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News
The guardians of Cuba's struggling socialist system seem to have decided
that their revolution now needs a dose of evolution.… Continue reading
26 March 2011 Last updated at 00:51 GMT
Cuba reforms: Small businesses spring up in Havana
By Michael Voss BBC News, Havana
Something is happening on the streets of Havana that hasn't been seen
for years.
Small businesses are starting… Continue reading
Cuba to carry out economic reforms while keeping socialism
English.news.cn 2011-03-26 10:58:28
HAVANA, March 25 (Xinhua) — The upcoming congress of the Cuban
Communist Party in April will introduce several economic reforms while
the country retains socialism, Cuban leader Raul… Continue reading
Cuba economy minister replaced, to focus on reform
By Rosa Tania Valdes
HAVANA | Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:54pm EDT
(Reuters) – Cuban Economy Minister Marino Murillo has been replaced by
his top deputy so he can concentrate on overseeing… Continue reading
Castro takes pressure off reform process
The economic "actualization" the country is undertaking will take at
least five years, and it is too big a task to be pressed by time,
President Raúl Castro said during a meeting of the… Continue reading
15 March 2011 Last updated at 11:00 GMT
Q&A: Cuba's economic changes
Cuba is devaluing its hard-currency convertible peso, used mostly by
tourists and foreign firms, by about 8% as part of efforts to revive the
economy.
It will now… Continue reading
Cuban state layoffs move slowly, workers uneasy
2:45pm EST
By Marc Frank
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (Reuters) – Cuba's program to slash 500,000 state jobs
nationwide has barely gotten off the ground in the provinces, as
officials scramble to provide alternatives and… Continue reading
Port, ferry operators want to run a slow boat to Cuba
travel to Cuba?
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau
10:07 p.m. EST, March 5, 2011
WASHINGTON — Imagine boarding a deluxe ferry boat at Port Everglades or
the Port… Continue reading
Cuba issues more than 113,000 self-employment licenses
Published March 04, 2011
EFE
Havana – More than 113,000 licenses to start businesses were granted in
the first four months of President Raul Castro's push to expand the
scope for self-employment and… Continue reading
Cubans' 50-year tax holiday coming to an end
AFP March 3, 2011, 12:13 pm
HAVANA (AFP) – For years, Cubans trying to eke out a living have had one
small comfort: that whatever income they managed to scrape together was… Continue reading
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 – 07:00 UTC
Cuban reforms delayed: who and how do you sacks half a million state
workers?
Cuba's plans to lay off half a million state workers by the end of March
are behind schedule, President… Continue reading
Cuba Needs 5 Years to Reform Economy, Raul Castro Says
HAVANA – The economic reforms now under way in Cuba will take at least
five years to be fully implemented, President Raul Castro said,
acknowledging a delay in the planned… Continue reading
1 March 2011 Last updated at 10:33 GMT
Cuba's Raul Castro admits mass lay-offs behind schedule
Cuba's plans to lay off half a million state workers by the end of March
are behind schedule, President Raul Castro has acknowledged.
Mr… Continue reading
Health
Cuban docs, patients urged to be cost-conscious
Published February 18, 2011
Havana – Communist Party daily Granma called on everyone Friday to be
more aware of the amount of money Cuba spends to provide free universal
healthcare.
In an… Continue reading
Posted on Saturday, 02.19.11
Still no layoffs in Cuba 5 months after announced
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
HAVANA — Yordan Rodriguez hasn't showed up for work in four months, but
he still has a job – for now at… Continue reading
Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:19 am TWN, AFP
Dissidents press Cuba to allow free movement
HAVANA — Dissidents pushed Tuesday for Cuba's communist government to
include freedom of movement and foreign travel for all Cubans as part of
upcoming economic… Continue reading
EDUCATION-CUBA
The Sharp Edge of Change
By Ivet González
HAVANA, Feb 11, 2011 (IPS) – Tougher entrance exams for higher
education, to be applied in the next academic year in Cuba, are worrying
families who see getting into university as… Continue reading
Florida airports preparing for higher demand for flights to Cuba
By William E. Gibson and Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel
9:49 p.m. EST, February 6, 2011
WASHINGTON —
Airport officials in Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Key West and possibly
Orlando plan to… Continue reading
Inside Cuba, small businesses ramp up tourism offer
By Marc Frank
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba | Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:51am EST
Communist Cuba's recent easing of red tape for private enterprise is
improving services for tourists in provincial towns on the… Continue reading
Venezuela clicks in for web-starved Cubans
By Marc Frank in Havana
Published: January 19 2011 22:47 | Last updated: January 19 2011 22:47
It has been said that the only things the Cuban government can do
nothing about are the… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 01.30.11
Cuba's economic changes create new entrepreneurs
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
HAVANA — Where some might see a rotten window frame pocked by termites,
Julio Cesar Hidalgo envisions a polished takeout counter, the rich smell
of… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 01.30.11
List of 178 Cuban private-sector jobs
By Associated Press
Cubans can now seek licenses for any of the following 178 private-sector
jobs, under economic reforms announced last year by President Raul Castro:
1. Musical Instrument Tuning… Continue reading
Posted on Sunday, 12.19.10
THE CUBAN ECONOMY
Castro layoff plan has even the left furious
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Cuba's draconian plan to lay off 10 percent of its workforce is running
into a slew of problems – not… Continue reading
Posted on Saturday, 12.18.10
Raul Castro touts economic changes
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA
Associated Press
HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro told legislators Saturday that the
future of the country's revolution is at stake as the government tries
to institute sweeping… Continue reading
Cash-strapped Cuba says export earnings way up
Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:44pm GMT
* Good news for communist country and creditors
* No information on imports and balance of payments
By Marc Frank
HAVANA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Cuba's exports… Continue reading
Cuba: pirates with permits
Cuba's new economic reforms bring out the DVD bootleggers.
By Nick Miroff
Published: December 16, 2010 06:08 ET in The Americas
HAVANA, Cuba — It might take years for Raul Castro's economic reforms to
significantly alter… Continue reading
Reforms feed new private restaurants in Raul's Cuba
Once almost suffocated by regulation and ideological taboos, Cuba's
small private restaurants are now mushrooming in a more market-friendly
atmosphere spurred by President Raul Castro's economic reforms.
New restaurants, cafeterias and fast-food… Continue reading
Cuba bows to pressure to reform its economy
By Marc Frank in Havana
Published: December 13 2010 17:32
Rising debt charges are forcing Cuba to reshape its Soviet-style
economy, with leading creditor China among those cheering on the changes.
Posted on Friday, 12.10.10
WikiLeaks: Even China complained Cuba wasn't paying its bills
By Juan O. Tamayo
The Miami Herald
Cuba's financial situation "could become fatal'' within two to three
years and the country risks being "insolvent'' as early as… Continue reading
Posted on Friday, 12.10.10
US cable: Cuba to be insolvent within 2-3 years
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
HAVANA — A newly released confidential U.S. diplomatic cable predicts
Cuba's economic situation could become "fatal" within two to three
years, and… Continue reading
Politics
Opposition wants Cuba's socialist model dumped, not updated
Published December 07, 2010 EFE
Havana – Prominent dissident Guillermo Fariñas and two other members of
the opposition presented here Tuesday a document rejecting the Raul
Castro administration's plan of adjustments,… Continue reading