self-employment

Legalizing clandestine private enterprise

November 11, 2010

The Economist on the latest “reform” in Cuba: So are the Castro brothers, in the twilight of their lives, preparing to lead Cuba towards a mixed economy, similar to that of China? Or are these reforms just short-term, reversible measures, designed to mitigate an acute shortage of cash? The government’s recently published list of 178 [...]

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Self-employment guidelines (Updated)

September 24, 2010

Granma published today guidelines (i.e., classification, prohibition, organization and regulation) to the 178 activities considered self-employment (ranging from animal trainer to photographer) for the populace announced on August 1st by de facto Cuban President, Army General Raúl Castro. Further coverage from Reuters; BBC; AP; Christian Science Monitor.

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A very small reprieve

August 3, 2010

Army General Raúl Castro gave Cubans a reprieve by allowing them to open small businesses, but doubts exist if the measure meets with the goal of reducing a bloated bureaucracy and help reanimate the economy “without market reforms.”  The enlargement of “self-employment,” expected by many Cubans and suggested by economists, was announced by Raúl Castro on [...]

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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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Video of the day

May 23, 2010

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