Cuba
US/CUBA: Major change in policy unlikely before 2013
The administration of President Barack Obama announced further loosening in restrictions on...
United StatesCUBA: Market reforms cause uncertainty
The government on January 4 began planned lay-offs of 1.3 million state employees over the next...
CubaCUBA: Layoffs will produce frustration
The head of the official umbrella CTC union, Salvador Valdes, yesterday announced that...
CubaCUBA: Reform consensus may not bring implementation
Cuba's government has circulated a five-year economic reform plan to be ratified at the ruling...
CubaCUBA: Congress will present superficial unity
President Raul Castro yesterday announced that the Communist Party congress, originally due to...
CubaCUBA: Private sector faces tax burden
The official government gazette yesterday outlined new rules and taxes for the self-employed and...
CubaCUBA: Private sector will not absorb state lay-offs
Today's EU foreign ministers meeting will not suspend the common position on Cuba, which...
CubaCUBA: Fuel price rise targets private sector
Communist Party newspaper Granma yesterday announced increases of up to 18% in the prices of...
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