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CUBA-POPULATION: Rural Life Lacks Attractions for Urbanites
The Cuban government must improve rural living conditions to promote agriculture and achieve self- sufficiency in food, according to official experts.POPULATION-CUBA: The Last Raft-Person Leaves Guantanamo
The last "raft-person" will leave the Guantanamo Naval Base Friday, when the remaining group of Cubans refused visas in the United States returns to its native soil.CUBA-COMMUNICATIONS: Government Wary of Internet
The government-controlled media in Cuba, leery of the unfettered flow of information on the Internet, is looking at ways to regulate access to the service.CUBA-ECONOMY: Inching Back From Crisis
Two weeks into 1996 and Cubans have found it hard going to make ends meet with hope - food for the spirit - once again the only "product" available that is cheap, and free from rationing.CUBA-ECONOMY: Five More Years to Return to 1980’s
Cubans will have to wait at least five more years before they recover the standard of living they enjoyed in 1989, according to recent analyses.ECONOMY-CUBA: No Readjustment without Banking Reform
The tidal wave of radical change in Cuba will go full steam ahead in the new year with government plans for deep banking reform to consolidate the economic readjustment.ECONOMY-CUBA: No Readjustment without Banking Reform
The tidal wave of radical change in Cuba will go full steam ahead in the new year with government plans for deep banking reform to consolidate the economic readjustment.CUBA: ‘Che’ Guevara’s Family Remains Sceptical
Confused but not surprised by recent revelations of the whereabouts of the remains of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the eldest of the legendary guerrilla fighters' grandchildren told IPS that "what is important is not where he is buried, but where his ideas are best understood."HABITAT: Havana Rises from the Ruins
Piles of rubble, forgotten trash heaps, decorated shops, markets, fairs and small private businesses make up today the contradictory image of the capital of Cuba, a city seemingly determined to emerged from its crisis.HABITAT: Havana Rises from the Ruins
Piles of rubble, forgotten trash heaps, decorated shops, markets, fairs and small private businesses make up today the contradictory image of the capital of Cuba, a city seemingly determined to emerged from its crisis.CUBA: Che Guevara’s Family May at Last Have a Tomb to Cry Over
"If someone knows where he is, send him back. Four of his children are living in Cuba without knowing where their dead father is," a close friend of the family of Ernesto "Che" Guevara told IPS here on Wednesday.CUBA: Che Guevara’s Family May at Last Have a Tomb to Cry Over
"If someone knows where he is, send him back. Four of his children are living in Cuba without knowing where their dead father is," a close friend of the family of Ernesto "Che" Guevara told IPS here on Wednesday.CUBA-LABOUR: Self-Employed Workers to Create New Official Unions
Cuba's Central Workers federation will open its doors to self-employed workers, in a government attempt to control a labour force that could mushroom to 500,000 over the next few months.CUBA-LABOUR: Self-Employed Workers to Create New Official Unions
Cuba's Central Workers federation will open its doors to self-employed workers, in a government attempt to control a labour force that could mushroom to 500,000 over the next few months.CUBA-HABITAT: Havana Rises from the Ruins
Piles of rubble, forgotten trash heaps, decorated shops, markets, fairs and small private businesses make up today the contradictory image of the capital of Cuba, a city seemingly determined to emerged from its crisis.CUBA-HABITAT: Havana Rises from the Ruins
Piles of rubble, forgotten trash heaps, decorated shops, markets, fairs and small private businesses make up today the contradictory image of the capital of Cuba, a city seemingly determined to emerged from its crisis.CUBA: Teasing Dance with the Foreign Investor
True to the tradition of the bolero, Cuba's economic opening seems to have taken the path of difficult love: relations between the Caribbean nation and foreign investors are characterised by hope and conflict.CUBA-EUROPEAN UNION: Initial Talks Pass Acid Test
Marked by a tight-lipped silence, exploratory talks towards an eventual cooperation accord between Cuba and the European Union (EU) passed the first acid test.CUBA-ECONOMY: Fish Farming – the Way to the Future.
Cuba is pushing ahead with a fish farming project to give the island a new economically and ecologically viable food source by the year 2000 that will overcome a serious protein deficiency in the Cuban diet.CUBA-MIGRATION: From ‘Traitors’ to Compatriots
Previously called "worms" or "traitors," Cuban emigrants will now be able to visit their country of origin as often as they wish, without seeking permission from any Cuban authority.MIGRATION-CUBA: The Ice Continues to Thaw
The second conference on "the Nation and Emigration", part of a process of normalisation of relations between the Cuban government and nationals living abroad, will bring more than 300 emigrants residing in some 35 countries to Havana this weekend.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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