Chile

Army general meets with high-ranking Chinese mil official

October 29, 2011

Cuban Army General Raul Castro met with Chinese General Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission on Thursday pledging “to work together to further push forward their bilateral ties and promote friendly cooperation between the two militaries.” Also present at the meeting were members of the Chinese military delegation and high-ranking officials of [...]

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Senior Chinese military official to visit Cuba

October 23, 2011

Via Xinhuanet: Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, General Guo Boxiong left Beijing today to pay official goodwill visits to Cuba, Colombia and Peru. Guo was invited by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Colombia’s Defense Ministry and Peru’s Defense Ministry. Guo will meet state and military leaders and visit the armed forces and [...]

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Doing business with the Cuban government

November 3, 2010

Chilean businessman Marcel Luis Marambio is being sought for capture by the Cuban government for bribery, forgery and fraud, reports El Mercurio. Marambio is the brother of Chilean impresario Max Marambio, who is also accused in Cuba of bribery, embezzlement, forgery and bank fraud, among other crimes. Raúl Castro’s government opened an investigation earlier this [...]

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Cuban gov’t asks Interpol to detain Marambio

October 7, 2010

The Cuban government has asked Interpol to detain Chilean businessman Max Marambio after learning that he is suing Cuba in the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court, La Tercera is reporting. Marambio decided to formulate a judicial offensive against the Cuban Attorney General, who brought charges against him for bribing Cuban government officials. Marambio, owner of the [...]

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Business and politics

August 26, 2010

The Economist on Max Marambio, Fidel Castro’s Chilean business crony fall from grace, coupled with uncertain economic times on the island.

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Diplomatic corner

August 13, 2010

The United States is creating conditions to change its foreign policy toward Cuba. [La Jornada] A newly published book delves into the possibility that Fidel Castro ordered the murder of Chile’s Salvador Allende at the hands of a Cuban diplomat/agent whom Allende’s daughter married. [El Ciudadano] The Spanish government has gotten into a diplomatic imbroglio [...]

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