Marc Frank, Reuters-Cuba’s reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say. In fact, Cuba has closed more joint ventures than it has opened since the ruling Communist… read more »
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May 14, 2012
Project Paladar Brings Cuban and New York City Chefs Together
Marcy Franklin, The Daily Meal-Where’s the newest venue where you can taste authentic Cuban food? At Havana’s 11th Biennial event, which brings art collectors and Havana artists together. Now, NYC chefs have joined in with native “paladar” chefs to create the first ”Project Paladar,” a pop-up dinner with Cuban and other influences…. read more »
May 9, 2012
Cuba to increase hotel capacity
EFE- Cuba is intending to increase its hotel capacity on its offshore keys and islets to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by tourism, according to leaders in the sector attending the 32nd International Fitur Fair. The most recently developed tourist destination in Cuba is Cayo Santa Maria, an… read more »
May 4, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Governor Scott steps on a rake; the Cuba Transition Project loses the plot
Last week, we reported on Governor Rick Scott’s decision to sign legislation to stop Florida’s municipalities and state agencies from doing business with companies that have dealings with Syria and – the intended target – Cuba. At the time, we called him “cynical” for signing legislation that is probably unconstitutional and bad… read more »
May 4, 2012
Cuba’s little capitalists are ready to rumba
Jeff Franks, Reuters-When Ojacy Curbello and her husband opened a restaurant at their home in Havana in late December, not a single customer showed up. It was a disheartening debut for Bollywood, the first Indian restaurant in the Cuban capital. Curbello worried that their dream of cashing in on recent… read more »
April 27, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Florida’s Foreign Policy and the eternal cynicism of the sunshine mind
In Florida, relations with Cuba are serious business. Ask Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen, publicly shamed and forced to apologize to save his job for talking about Fidel Castro’s longevity. Or worse, ask Airline Brokers Company, a Coral Gables-based travel provider that recently helped fly 340 pilgrims to Cuba for… read more »
April 8, 2012
Santiago bustles with the work of Cuba’s new self-employed
Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald-As Denia Ojeda Oliva combs a sable tint into a customer’s hair at the Ibis beauty salon, she laments the high cost of beauty supplies. But that’s just one of the concerns at Ibis since it was converted from a state-run salon to one owned by the… read more »
April 6, 2012
CUBA CENTRAL News Blast: Losing through intimidation
The political debate over U.S. policy toward Cuba has never been for the faint-hearted. It’s always raucous, highly emotional, sometimes violent, often absurd, and now increasingly irrelevant. The U.S. is castigated in the region and globally for the policy, and we’re increasingly marginalized – politically and economically – as allies… read more »
April 5, 2012
Yes, they’re abierto: Cubans open their doors to small business
Ken Ellingwood, LA Times-Olga Lidia Garcia sat back and surveyed the length of her empire: a storefront with seven busy manicurists, scrubbing, clipping, buffing, gluing and polishing to the bounce of salsa. The shop, decked out in oversize Oriental fans and racks stocked with a Day-Glo rainbow of nail polishes,… read more »
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