A former military researcher USA believes that health incidents known as “Havana syndrome” have been the result of attacks by Russiaaccording to the results of an investigation broadcast by the 60 Minutes program. The report is the result of a joint investigation by CBS television, the Russian media The Insider, and the German magazine Der […]
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Cuba: Entrepreneurs prepare for the impact of a “cashless” economy
When in early August Cuba announced that he was taking a big step towards electronic banking and a “cashless” society, the red alerts began for the incipient and small companies of the Caribbean island. Most alarming for many budding businessmen was a new cap of 5,000 pesos, about US$20, as a daily limit on cash […]
Cubans resist the bancarization of the island’s economy
“No way! You can’t give the bank anything”says Lisandra Pupo, a 30-year-old mechanical engineer who is skeptical about the bankarization of the economic operations announced by the Cuban Central Bankwhich tries to reduce the number of banknotes that circulate on the street. The new regulations, which entered into force last Thursday, will oblige both citizens […]
The slow convalescence of post-coronavirus tourism in Cuba
Despite the end of the pandemic of the coronavirus, Cuba keep fighting to get it back tourisma vital activity for your economy. In Trinidad, jewel of the Caribbean island, the high season was “unstable”according to workers of the sector that are committed to the return of Russian visitors and the opening of new markets. “Little, […]
“Here there is!”, the nascent private sector gains space from the state sector in Cuba
An explosion of small shops stretches across Havana, the most visible expression of the space gained by private companies in Cuba. The so-called SMEs, authorized only in 2021, displace state businesses, which are increasingly empty. “Here there is!”, is the name of a small store recently opened in the west of the Cuban capital, where […]
Blackouts, a chronic factor of discontent in collapsed Cuba
Power cuts, one of the factors that fueled social discontent last year in Cubaare repeated on the island in the run-up to the warmest months of the year, those with the greatest demand. Experts consulted by Efe consider that this issue, along with other causes behind the anti-government demonstrations on July 11, 2021, remains unresolved […]
Court of the Cuban Regime Sentences 5 to 16 Years in Prison for July 11 Protesters
Twelve Cubans who participated in the demonstrations on July 11, 2021 in the city of Cárdenas, in western Cuba, were sentenced to between 5 and 16 years in prison for various crimes, the Supreme Court reported. In the trials, held from December 8 to 10 last “in the Central Territorial Military Court”were judged “13 citizens, […]