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CUBA: Self Employment Survives despite Taxes and Pressure
Just like in the final reel of a horror film, the Cuban government is slowly tightening the noose of the tax system around the neck of the independent workers.CUBA: Government Calls Report on ‘Airplane Crisis’ U.S. Defeat
A decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) not to slap sanctions on Cuba for the shooting down of two small aircraft flown by members of the Cuban exile community was interpreted by local officials as a blow to the United States.CUBA: Government Denies Island is a Drug-Runner’s Paradise
The Cuban government is freeing up information on the trafficking of drugs through its territory, to counteract attempts to depict the Caribbean island nation as a drug-runner's paradise.CUBA: Airplane Crisis Hits Harder than Helms-Burton
Cuba's downing of two civilian airplanes in February 24 achieved in one day what the United States had sought unsuccessfully for several decades: the isolation of Havana.CUBA: Access to Internet to be Slow and Selective
Cuba has all the conditions necessary for connection to internet, but access will be achieved in a gradual, selective manner, said official sources, Tuesday.CUBA: Praises and Reproaches for OAS Over Helms-Burton Law
Cuba has applauded the move by the Organization of American States (OAS) in condemning the U.S. Helms- Burton law but Havana officials remain cool to the workings of the regional group.CUBA: Pimps and Prostitutes Expelled from “Blue Paradise”
The famous Varadero beach, the renowned sexual paradise of the Caribbean, will lose its well-won prestige if the Cuban authorities keep up their "hard-line" tactics against prostitution.CUBA: Unions, Balancing Full Employment and Reforms
The Cuban Workers Centre (CTC), the only union on the island, is up against a tough challenge: to defend the government supported economic reform without giving up on the socialist dream of full employment.CUBA: Tourists Pay to ‘Spy’ on US Base
The U.S. Navy's base at Guantánamo - a bone of contention between Cuba and United States for 35 years - is now being offered as a tourist attraction for would-be espionage agents.CUBA-FILM: Titon and the New Cuban Cinema
From "El mégano" to "Guantanamera," by way of "Memories of Underdevelopment" and "Strawberries and Chocolate", Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Titón) has had a single obsession: to make movies, but not just any movie.CUBA: Tourists Pay to ‘Spy’ on US Base
The U.S. Navy's base at Guantánamo - a bone of contention between Cuba and United States for 35 years - is now being offered as a tourist attraction for would-be espionage agents.CUBA: Tourists Pay to ‘Spy’ on U.S. Naval Base
A flashpoint for Cuban-U.S. relations for more than 35 years, the U.S. Guantánamo naval base in Cuba has started to interest a new kind of spy.CUBA: Former Allies Stick with Havana
Facing the Shakespearean dilemma of "to be or not to be," Russia, China and Vietnam appear to have opted to maintain their longstanding interests in Cuba rather than join the United States in isolating the Caribbean nation.CUBA: Government Denies Existence of U.S. Property
"There is no U.S. property in Cuba," said Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, protesting a recently approved U.S. law designed to tighten trade sanctions against his nation.CUBA: Helms-Burton Outrages Government but Leaves People Unmoved
The customary calm with which the Cuban people greeted the Helms-Burton bill passed by US President Bill Clinton, contrasted abruptly with the official view of its as "an insult to the world and to human intelligence."CUBA-UNITED STATES: Havana the Big Loser in Aeroplane Crisis
The consequences of Cuba's downing two aeroplanes belonging to the Cuban-American "Brother's to the Rescue" organisation may be a case of President Fidel Castro biting off far more than he can chew.POPULATION-CUBA: Families Suffer in Aftermath of Air Attack
Cuban families are once more being held to ransom as tension mounts between national government and the United States, after two civil aircraft were downed by the national air force.CUBA: Clinton’s Reprisals Deemed “Unjust”
The Cuban government said the sanctions announced by US President Bill Clinton in reprisal for the shooting down of two aeroplanes Saturday, were "unjust," "contradictory" and "absurd."//CORRECTION// CUBA: Government Provides Proof of Airspace Violation
The Cuban government said it had conclusive proof its airspace was violated by the two civilian planes shot down by its airforce Saturday.CUBA-ECONOMY: After Five Years, it’s Carnival Time!
The rhumba beat is resounding on the streets of Havana again this month as Cubans celebrate their first official carnival in five years of economic depression.CUBA: Fair Bait for a Nation of Book Worms
The Cuban population, readers par excellence, flocked to the public opening of the VII International Havana Book Fair, Thursday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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