Cuba

  • Jan 3, 2014
  • 6 min read

Cuba's slow reforms yield disappointing results

Cuba's economy grew by only 2.7% in 2013, instead of the projected rate of 3.6%. For 2014, the...

Cuba
  • Nov 12, 2013
  • 6 min read

Cuba's shrinking population creates fiscal risks

Cuba's demographic data show that the population is falling faster than previously thought. In...

Cuba
  • Oct 4, 2013
  • 7 min read

Cuba's Mariel port seeks to boost foreign investment

The new deepwater port at Mariel, 45 kilometres west of Havana, is Cuba's single most important...

Brazil
  • Sep 18, 2013
  • 6 min read

Cuba's partial economic reform creates internal stress

Six months after late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death was announced, regular economic...

Cuba
  • Aug 20, 2013
  • 7 min read

Cuba braces for exchange rate reform

Since the 'guidelines' for policy were approved in 2011, the measures taken have confirmed that...

Cuba
  • Jul 11, 2013
  • 6 min read

New Cuban elite faces economic, media openness tests

While President Raul Castro's rhetoric has nothing but praise for his brother, in practice he has...

Cuba
  • Jun 5, 2013
  • 6 min read

Cuba seeks to reduce dependency on Venezuela

Cuba faces major risks as a result of uncertainties surrounding political events in Venezuela....

Cuba
  • Apr 1, 2013
  • 6 min read

Improved ties with Russia play in Cuba's favour

In the coming months, Cuba and Russia will settle the details of the repayment of Havana's...

Cuba