Entries Published On February, 2021
ACTIVIDADES DONDE NO SE PERMITE EL EJERCICIO DEL TRABAJO POR CUENTA PROPIA
Republica de Cuba, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social 10/02/2021 The announcement by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security that some 2000 activities were to be open to small enterprise while only 124 activities were to be excluded from the list gave the impression that this was a major liberalization of small enterprise. Indeed, …
The city is calling for architecture
The publication in recent days of a list of “activities where self-employment is not allowed” has generated a feverish exchange of opinions on social networks that, unfortunately, has had almost no echo in the state press.1 It is a long-awaited step within the framework of the already agreed transformations and that materializes the decision to …
CUBAN AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS CALL ON BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ENGAGEMENT RESILIENT TO POLITICAL CYCLES
February 16, 2021 Contact: Ricardo Herrero CIn a newly published policy paper, the Cuba Study Group cites engagement as the best way to advance U.S. national interests, reassert regional leadership, and promote freer, more prosperous future for Cuban people *Download the policy paper in English and Spanish versions.* Washington/Miami – The Cuba Study Group, a non-partisan organization comprised …
Cuba: so far in February more infections from COVID than in all of 2020
In the first fifteen days of February, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has left figures that were unthinkable in Cuba months ago: 12,346 infections and 50 deaths, according to the report issued today by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). The statistics are about to exceed those of January, the month that broke all the pandemic records …
Cuban scientists attentive to earthquakes in Caribbean, but deny tsunami warning
Specialists from the Cuban National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) are carefully observing the increase in seismic activity registered since the beginning of the year in the northern Caribbean, manifested from the Virgin Islands to Cuba’s easternmost region. The Seismological Alert System has reported a significant increase in telluric movements related to the fault in …
La epidemia se ensaña en municipio más densamente poblado de Cuba
Centro Habana reporta en lo que va de febrero más casos que 11 de las 15 provincias cubanas. La entrada La epidemia se ensaña en municipio más densamente poblado de Cuba se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
Optimism as Cuba set to test its own Covid vaccine
The first trials of the Cuban-produced Soberana 2 are “encouraging”, Cuban scientists say.