Sugar

Future oligarchs awaiting for change

July 24, 2010

The Daily Telegraph on the future Cuban oligarchs awaiting in the wings for change, while Methuselah returns: But one group is likely to be watching this strange political dance between the two Castro brothers with concern, as well as frustration: those who are preparing to amass vast personal wealth from Cuba’s eventual return to capitalism. [...]

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Cuban sugar ministry will be replaced

May 18, 2010

The Financial Times on the destruction of Cuba’s sugar industry: Cuba was once the world’s largest sugar exporter. But, according to a local expert, it “has been reduced to rubble by poor state management, a lack of capital, sanctions, hurricanes and other factors”. Sugar production is expected to weigh in at around 1.1m tonnes this [...]

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Overview of Cuba’s food rationing system

August 26, 2009

University of Florida Professor José Alvarez has authored a fact sheet on Cuba’s food rationing system. Despite the fact that rationed products are sold at subsidized prices (fixed throughout the country), their supply always falls short. Since, according to the majority of Cubans, the rationed items are not enough to feed a person for the [...]

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Week in Review

November 29, 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev concluded his visit to Havana. He met with Fidel Castro and said that a new bilateral accord will be waiting for President Raul Castro when he visits Russia. Medvedev and Raul Castro signed mining and oil exploration deals and discussed “military technical cooperation.” Raul Castro said that he is willing to [...]

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Creation of super-ministry

August 12, 2008

La Razon reports on the creation of a super-ministry charged with overseeing the production of food (a vital national security issue for Cuba): While rumors of a next government crisis runs insistently throughout Havana, the name of Ulises Rosales del Toro is beginning to be heard with greater impetus among diplomats and journalists. Rosales del [...]

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Miscellany…

February 5, 2008

Angola and Cuba sign a police cooperation accord. Nickel surpasses tourism in earnings for Cuba. Mexico’s ex-Foreign Minister Jorge Casta

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