September 30, 2010
Fernando Ravsberg of the BBC discovers in his understanding the inefficiencies at the Basic Industry Ministry leading to the recent sacking (caused by the loss of millions of dollars in a mining contract) of its minister, Yadira García: “bureaucrats aren’t inept but very intelligent, so much so that they were capable of creating a sea [...]
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April 2, 2010
BBC correspondent Fernando Ravsberg posted in his blog Letters from Cuba (Cartas desde Cuba) the news of a corruption scandal that has rocked state-controlled Cuban Aviation which led to Civil Aviation Minister Gen. Rogelio Acevedo’s removal in early March: Cuban airplanes [owned by the Cuban government's airline, Cubana de Aviación] sold space clandestinely to Latin American [...]
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Sea of chaos
September 30, 2010Fernando Ravsberg of the BBC discovers in his understanding the inefficiencies at the Basic Industry Ministry leading to the recent sacking (caused by the loss of millions of dollars in a mining contract) of its minister, Yadira García: “bureaucrats aren’t inept but very intelligent, so much so that they were capable of creating a sea [...]