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Cuba to allow private sector to import and export
Help us keep OnCuba alive Minister of Economy and Planning Alejandro Gil Fernández assured in his appearance in the Mesa Redonda television program that the changes approved this Thursday during an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers, known as “economic-social strategy to boost the economy and deal with the world crisis caused by COVID-19,” …
Cuban government eliminates tax on dollar and opens more stores in foreign currencies
Help us keep OnCuba alive The Cuban government announced this Thursday that it will abolish the tax on the U.S. dollar, which had been the complaint of many Cubans, both those who send remittances and those who receive them, especially from the United States. The suppression of this tax, in force for 15 years, is …
Cuba eliminates 10% tax on dollar
HAVANA , July 17th (Reuters) Cuba said on Thursday it will allow some stores to sell food, personal hygiene and other consumer goods in U.S. dollars and will eliminate a 10% tax on the greenback, an effort to rake in more hard currency to purchase goods abroad. It is one of a list of reforms …
‘Suddenly they started gassing us’: Cuban migrants tell of shocking attack on Ice prison
Refugees say protest against danger of Covid-19 was violently under control at New Mexico facility operate by private firm CoreCivic This story is definitely published in collaboration with Searchlight New South america The particular migrants were on a days-long food cravings strike when guards entered their own prison dormitory in full riot equipment of gas …
Upon Father’s Day, Cuba’s Elian Gonzalez announces he’s set to become a father
Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy in whose custody case sparked diplomatic stress and attracted intense media protection, will soon be a father themself, he announced on Facebook upon Sunday. CNN 2020-06-21 20:10 The post Upon Father’s Day, Cuba’s Elian Gonzalez announces he’s set to become a father appeared first on Cuba Today | News and …
Within Cuba, families fear shortages may worsen as coronavirus affects the particular economy
” We cannot choose. We purchase whatever appears in the stores, ” said one Havana resident. NBC 2020-06-19 19:11 The post Within Cuba, families fear shortages may worsen as coronavirus affects the particular economy appeared first on Cuba Today | News and destination guide.
Cuba sets example with successful programme to contain coronavirus
While the WHO has signalled that Latin America is the new centre of the pandemic, cases in the communist-ruled island have fallen for two months Every morning from 8am to 11, family doctor Liz Caballero winds through twisting alleys and ducks under washing lines in Havana’s Vedado district. She interviews families sharing crumbling art deco …
Marriott ordered by Trump administration in order to close hotel in Cuba
Marriott International, the only U. S. firm to run a hotel in Cuba, told Reuters it was ordered in order to close by the end of August. NBC 2020-06-05 17:03 The post Marriott ordered by Trump administration in order to close hotel in Cuba appeared first on Cuba Today | News and destination guide.
COVID-19 & Cuba: The Good
Greetings readers. I hope you’re as well as you can be given the shit show that is Planet Earth, 2020. In my first chronicle about the coronavirus in Cuba, I led off with a (necessarily short) paragraph about some of the positive aspects of the ‘new normal’ here in Havana, followed by an all out …
Oughout. S. May Brand Cuba a situation Terrorism Sponsor This Year for Assisting Maduro, Report Says
Your decision to reinstate Cuba onto checklist could come before the end associated with 2020, the senior Trump management official said. 2020-05-15 03:02 | Newsweek The post Oughout. S. May Brand Cuba a situation Terrorism Sponsor This Year for Assisting Maduro, Report Says appeared first on Cuba Today | News and destination guide.