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CUBA-HABITAT: Housing Shortage Worsens
The housing shortage in Havana, curbs on any more people taking up residence in the capital and the regulation of rental policies, have sparked furious debate in Cuba.CUBA: Economic Growth Expected Despite Sugar Failure
The Cuban economy could is expected to grow four percent this year despite falling sugar production, said viceminister of Economy and Planning, Osvaldo Casanova.CUBA: Food Imports Worsen Trade Deficit
Cuba must increase food production in order to resolve the deficit in the trade balance currently hampering the reactivation of its economy, after the nineties brought with it the worst crisis since the 1959 Revolution.CUBA-ECONOMY: Sugar Production Down, Economic Recovery Slows
The 1996/97 sugar harvest, due to end next week, will reach 4.2 million tons - compared to the Cuban government's target of 4.45 million tons, according to industry sources.POPULATION-CUBA: Economic Problems Affect Birthrate
Cuba's long-running economic crisis, brought on by the collapse of ciummunism in Eastern europe and continuing U.S. sanctions, has had its affect on the country's birth rate./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: New Abortion Methods in Use in Cuba
Cuban doctors are proscribing Misoprotol - a drug originally intended to treat duodenal ulcers - for use in terminating unwanted pregnancies.HEALTH-CUBA: New Abortion Methods in Use in Cuba
Cuban doctors are proscribing Misoprostol - a drug originally intended to treat duodenal ulcers - for use in terminating unwanted pregnancies.CUBA-US: More Fuel on the Fire, and a Few Sparks of Hope
A failed attempt to provoke a pro-democracy strike, orchestrated by Cuban exiles in the United States, contributed to increasing the already high level of tension between the two nations./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: High Incidence of Breast Cancer in Cuban Women
Breast cancer is increasingly affecting more Cuban women, and causing more deaths, cancer specialists report.CUBA: Taxes on Rents to Tackle Housing Shortage
Within a few months, people renting property in Cuba will be swelling the list of tax contributors, and their payments will be used to build new housing and to help alleviate the deficit.CUBA-SPAIN: Close on Business, Split on Politics
A new diplomatic spat between Cuba and Spain over an upsetting invitation to a parliamentary meeting appear to show that while it is business as usual, the two nations' politics are drifting ever further apart.CUBA-ECONOMY: Crackdown on Phony Havanas
Cuban police have been cracking down on counterfeiters of the famed "Havanas" - the cigars acknowledged as among the best in the world and Cuba's leading luxury export item.CUBA-HEALTH: High Incidence of Breast Cancer in Cuban Women
Breast cancer is increasingly affecting more Cuban women, and causing more deaths, cancer specialists report./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: Gloomy Prospects for Sugar
Cub's already battered economy is set for another body blow as official estimates on this year's sugar crop now indicate a lower harvest than in 1996.CUBA-ADGICULTURE: Gloomy Prospects for Sugar
Cuba's already battered economy is set for another body blow as official estimates on this year's sugar crop now indicate a lower harvest than in 1996.LITERATURE: Death of Dulce Maria Loynaz
" I cant stop thinking" complained Dulce Maria Loynazregarded by Cubans as one of the greatest poets this country has producedshortly before she died last week. She was 94.CUBA: Europe Looks Keenly on a Promising Market
Entrepreneurs from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain have been visiting Cuba in the last few weeks with an eye on possible business openings.MUSIC-CUBA: Salsa Beat Overcomes US Embargo
For Cuban musicians, steeped in the sounds of salsa, "making it" in New York remains the Holy Grail - despite the applause the Cubans may receive in Tokyo, London or Buenos Aires.CUBA: Social Security Spending Demands Reform
The ever greater tendency to increase the State social security budget in Cuba could mean the laws covering these benefits will have to be reformed./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ CUBA: Communist Party Congress Announced in Times of Tension
The Cuban Communist Party will hold its fifth congress in the near future, with the ghost of economic crisis still not laid in its grave and amidst rising tension with the United States.CUBA: Communist Party Congress Announced in Times of Tension
The Cuban Communist Party will hold its fifth congress in the near future, with the ghost of economic crisis still not laid in its grave and amidst rising tension with the United States.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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