Entries Published On April, 2021
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CUBAN COMMUNISTS UNDER PRESSURE TO ACCELERATE ECONOMIC REFORMS
Reuters, April 15, 2021 Marc Frank Original Article: Pressure to Accelerate Economic Reforms Retiring Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro promised a decade ago he would transform the Soviet-style command economy into a more mixed and market-driven one “without haste and without pause.” Now, with the Caribbean country in crisis and even the most basic …
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CUBA LOOSENS BAN ON CATTLE SLAUGHTER, SALES OF BEEF, DAIRY
Reuters, April 15, 20212 Marc Frank Original Article: Cuban Cattle/Beef Cuba announced that it was loosening a decades-old ban on the slaughter of cattle and sale of beef and dairy as part of agricultural reforms as the Communist-run country battles with food shortages. Ranchers will be allowed to do as they wish with their livestock …
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BIDEN SHOULD PURSUE A FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA
Responsible Statecraft, April 15, 2021 By Arturo Lopez-Levy Original Article: Engagement with Cuba The United States needs a fundamentally different policy towards a post-Castro Cuba than the one applied for the last four years. Engagement is the best long-term strategy to peel Havana away from Washington’s rivals in Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Caracas. It is …
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CUBA: WILL POLITICAL CHANGE FOLLOW ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION?
by Tom Arnold , March 28, 2021 In response to crippling economic stagnation, Cuba has passed regulations which hint at a turn towards a more market-driven economy. However, political control over key sectors including education and the media still lies heavily with the state. The most striking policy, which allows thousands of professions to run …
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Intercambio de alimentos y medicinas crece en las redes sociales en Cuba
Ante la compleja situación económica y de desabastecimiento que vive el país, la ciudadanía recurre con mayor frecuencia al canje de productos de primera necesidad. La entrada Intercambio de alimentos y medicinas crece en las redes sociales en Cuba se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.
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Con vacunas en el horizonte, la pandemia reta en Cuba a la salud y la ciencia
En estos momentos transcurre la fase tres y última de ensayos clínicos con los candidatos de mejores perspectivas, Soberana 02 y Abdala, en 44 000 voluntarios de La Habana, y otros 48 000 de las provincias de Granma, Santiago de Cuba y Guantánamo, en el oriente del país. La entrada Con vacunas en el horizonte, …
