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		<title>GDP to increase in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts for Cuba, &#8220;fiscal retrenchment will limit growth to only 2% in 2010. In 2011 policy relaxation will allow growth to pick up to 3.7%.&#8221; Key indicators 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Real GDP growth (%) 1.4 2.0 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 Consumer price inflation (av; %) -0.5 0.7 5.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Threat or Paranoia?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based independent think tank engaged in defense and security research, asks in its analysis of Cuba, how much of a threat does the Communist regime really pose to the world&#8217;s only superpower: Raúl&#8217;s position as head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias &#8211; FAR), who were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open criticism permitted in Party paper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s government has allowed Granma (Cuban Communist Party&#8217;s newspaper) to publish letters to the editor (here and here) critical of an economy devastated by decades of corruption and centralized power. (Image: Granma, Carta a la dirección, 7 May 2010.)]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of hard times ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa III</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cubans are bracing for hard times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts government spending to get Cuba out of crisis &#8212; and they are growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform. Hurricanes, the global recession, U.S. sanctions and the inability of the communist-run island&#8217;s command economy to maneuver have [...]]]></description>
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