Cuban Government

Risky business

November 16, 2011

The Economist weighs in on the risk of foreign businesses operating in Cuba:  Standing beside Belarusian tractors and Chinese machine parts at Havana’s annual trade fair last month, Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba’s foreign trade minister, said the presence of 3,000 executives from over 60 countries proved the appeal of joint commercial ventures with the Cuban government. [...]

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Escalation of repression

October 3, 2011

The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary A. O’Grady on the Cuban government’s increased repression against dissidents and Havana’s view of the United States’ recent loosening of policies as a sign of  weakness: The nongovernmental organization Capitol Hill Cubans has reported that in the first 12 days of September, authorities detained 168 peaceful activists. These “express detentions” are [...]

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Taxes in Cuba

September 15, 2011

The Economist on the Cuban government’s burgeoning taxation problem: Moreover, Mr [Raúl] Castro failed to beef up the National Tax Administration Office (ONAT), which was soon overwhelmed by filings. That has delayed revenue collection, and allowed both intentional and inadvertent tax cheats to go unpunished. “They seem even more confused about this than we are,” says [...]

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Goons vs. ladies

August 28, 2011

Mary Anastasia O’Grady in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal on the Cuban government’s attacks on peaceful women dissidents (Ladies in White): This is not without risk to the regime, should the international community decide to pay attention and apply pressure on the white-elite regime the way it did in opposition to apartheid in South Africa. But [...]

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Information command and control

August 1, 2011

Wang Chen (director of the Chinese government’s State Internet Information Office-SIIO) is visiting Havana to discuss the importance of information management, reports Juventud Rebelde. SIIO was recently created to “direct, coordinate and supervise online content management and handle administrative approval of businesses related to online news reporting” in China.

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Miscellanea

May 8, 2011

Juan Wilfredo Soto Garcia, a Cuban dissident, died after he was beaten by police following a protest last week in the city of Santa Clara. [Reuters] Corruption in Cuba: Army General Raúl Castro is replacing corrupt government officials with trusted ones as the cleanup continues. [The Economist] The Office of Cuba Broadcasting has added several “ghost” [...]

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