Cuba Free Market
HAVANA - Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years - potentially touching off a golf-course building boom - and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit and vegetables. Ref. Source 6
Raul is only doing what he promissed when he became president. Now, it is somewhat shocking that a politician actually will do what he says he will in order to get elected, but Raul has been doing it all along. Cuba is making some pretty big strides in only about 3 years...
Source 6
It does look like Castro has potentially seen the lure of tourism dollars for Cuba as a way of making everyday life in Cuba a little better at the expense of other countries.
Castro says he was misinterpreted on Cuban economy:
Appearing at the University of Havana on Friday, the 84-year-old ex-president says he meant "exactly the opposite" of the quote contained in a blog by Atlantic magazine reporter Jeffrey Goldberg. Ref. Source 2
Cruise Ship MV Discovery Arrives in Cuba
Cuba Related News
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (acn) The cruise ship MV Discovery, with 532 English tourists on board, arrived on Friday in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba, coming from Montego Bay, Jamaica.Nearly 220 passengers took on tours through the city, including a visit to the San Pedro de la Roca Castle, a fortress built at the entrance of the harbor to defend the city during the Spanish colonial period, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1997.Some other tourists chose to go to La Gran Piedra (The Big Rock), a
natural vantage point in a place of exuberant vegetation...
Source: Cuba News Agency
US Artists Send Letter to Jimmy Carter on Trip to Cuba
Cuba Related News
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 9 (acn) The US organization Actors and Artists United for the Freedom of the Cuban Five sent former US President a letter expressing gratitude for his statements promoting improved relations between the two countries and in favor of the release of the five Cuban prisoners in the US.
Source: Cuba News Agency
Sixth PCC Congress: Delegates Work in Five Commissions
Cuba Related News
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 17 (acn) Delegates at the Sixth Communist Party Congress are working this morning in five commissions.
Source: Cuba News Agency
Red Carpet for Chucho Valdes' Steps in Havana
Cuba Related News
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 22 (acn) Cuban world-renowned jazz player and composer Chucho Valdes presented on Thursday, at Havana's National Hotel, his latest and multi-award-winning album 'Chucho's Steps'.
Source: Cuba News Agency