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April 4, 2013

Rep. Kathy Castor arrives in Cuba for four-day trip

Tampa Bay Times – U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor embarked on a four-day trip to Cuba this week with her staff and the Center for Democracy in the Americas, her office said Thursday. Castor, D-Tampa, St. Petersburg, is scheduled to return to Tampa on April 8. The purpose of her trip… read more »

April 4, 2013

Castor has high hopes for mission to Cuba

Ted Jackovics, Tampa Bay Tribune - With U.S.-Cuba relations on the cusp of potentially significant change, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor arrived in Havana on Wednesday night for meetings she hopes will enhance social ties and business opportunities for the Tampa Bay area. Castor, who guided Tampa International Airport’s quest for Obama… read more »

April 3, 2013

Cuba gears up for first free trade industry zone

AFP – Cuba on Tuesday unveiled rules for its first free trade manufacturing zone, a vast $900 million project being paid for mostly by Brazil in the port of Mariel near Havana. The Mariel Special Development Zone, a major trial balloon being floated by President Raul Castro’s communist government, is slated to… read more »

April 2, 2013

Cuba and the United States: Time to lean forward

Edward T. Walsh, News & Observer – New Secretary of State John Kerry must decide within a few weeks whether to recommend to President Obama that Cuba be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Such a collection currently includes Iran, Syria and Sudan. Cuba has been on… read more »

March 24, 2013

Cuban diplomats visit Tampa

Cuba Standard – While continuing to insist on case-by-case permission, the U.S. government is allowing Cuban diplomats to leave Washington and attend public events in other cities. March 23-24, Llanio González López and Warnel Lores Mora, counselor and first secretary at the Cuban Interests Section, respectively, participated in a pro-normalization… read more »

March 21, 2013

Court hears Fla. appeal of Cuba contracts law

Curt Anderson, Associated Press – A federal court is hearing Florida’s appeal of a ruling that struck down a state law barring governments from contracting with companies also doing business in Cuba or Syria. The 2012 law was invalidated after a legal challenge from Coral Gables-based Odebrecht Construction Inc. A… read more »

March 20, 2013

Cubans on the move as new real estate market grows

Jeff Franks, Reuters - At an informal housing market on Havana’s historic Paseo del Prado, Renaldo Belen puts the hard sell on a prospective buyer under a tree hung with hand-lettered signs advertising homes for sale. A house near Boyeros, the avenue to the city’s airport, is being offered for the… read more »

March 20, 2013

Goat Farming, a Growing Alternative in Cuba’s Reform Process

Inter Press Service – Goat farming is becoming popular among farmers given land to use as part of the economic reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008. The increase in goat rearing, in provinces like Cienfuegos on the southern coast, could help expand the limited range of basic food products available… read more »

March 7, 2013

Cuba to open state-run wholesaler for private companies

Marc Frank, Reuters – Cuba established on Thursday a state-run wholesale company to sell food products, industrial and other consumer goods to private companies and the state sector, a step aimed at meeting a key demand of local entrepreneurs. The new company was just the latest indication that President Raul Castro… read more »

March 5, 2013

Stunned Cuba ponders future without Chávez

Marc Frank, Reuters – A mix of sorrow, self-interest and dread took hold of Cuba Tuesday evening as word spread like wildfire that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had done so much for the country, was dead. While the official evening newscast devoted its entire program to events unfolding in Caracas, the… read more »

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