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Profound political and economic reforms underway?

July 19, 2010

Mauricio Vicent wrote in today’s El País that in the official media of Cuba there is talk of “reforms” that will be launched after August. According to sources consulted by the daily, the Raul Castro government will make ”changes,” which include: expansion of self-employment and above all the cooperativization of some services; continuation of reductions in subsidies and social [...]

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I see stars…

September 17, 2008

Cuba cannot meet its foreign debt obligations coupled with hurricane damages reaching $5 billion, there is now talk of a Cuban space center being developed with Russian help, where are the priorities of the Cuban government to its populace? Moscow is ready to help Cuba develop its own space center, Russia’s space agency chief said [...]

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