Monthly Archives: September 2010
Military man to head Cuba's biggest company
Military man to head Cuba's biggest company
Reuters
By Marc Frank Marc Frank – Mon Sep 27, 4:10 pm ET
HAVANA (Reuters) – President Raul Castro has put a military officer in
charge of Cuba's largest commercial corporation as part… Continue reading
Cuba's neighborhood watches: 50 years of eyes, ears
Cuba's neighborhood watches: 50 years of eyes, ears
By Isabel Sanchez (AFP)
HAVANA — Pituca is 68, a frail wisp of a woman dressed in a housecoat
whose looks may be deceiving: the ex-armed forces captain is a founder
of… Continue reading
Cimex, Cuba's largest commercial corporation
Cimex, Cuba's largest commercial corporation
Mon, Sep 27 2010
(Reuters) – President Raul Castro has put Colonel Hector Oroza Busutin
in charge of Cuban Export-Import Corporation, or CIMEX, Cuba's largest
commercial corporation, as part of his campaign to increase efficiency… Continue reading
LA CORRUPCIÓN, LA ARBITRARIEDAD Y LA INMORALIDAD DEL SISTEMA JUDICIAL DE LA CUBA DE LOS CASTRO
LA CORRUPCIÓN, LA ARBITRARIEDAD Y LA INMORALIDAD DEL SISTEMA JUDICIAL DE
LA CUBA DE LOS CASTRO
21-09-2010.
Transcripción a cargo de José Alberto Álvarez Bravo
Periodista Independiente
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Mi nombre es Jeannette Rosa Villa Rey
García, tengo 44… Continue reading
Where is Cuba headed?
Where is Cuba headed?
September 20, 2010
The Cuban government of Raúl Castro announced last week that it would
push 500,000 workers out of state jobs next year. According to the
official trade union at least half of the 500,000… Continue reading
Cuba Resets the Revolution
Cuba Resets the Revolution
Adalberto Roque/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
SMALL BUSINESS Cuba allows private enterprise, but on a very restricted
scale.
By MARC LACEY
Published: September 18, 2010
For first-time visitors, one of the most striking things about Cuba… Continue reading
Ignoring the cruelty
Posted on Sunday, 09.19.10
Cuba: Ignoring the cruelty
BY MARTIN GUEVARA
In the second half of the 1970s, the military junta of the Argentine
Republic broke the grain embargo imposed by the United States and sold
wheat to the Soviet… Continue reading
Cuba's mass layoffs: The dead-end of Castroism
Cuba's mass layoffs: The dead-end of Castroism
17 September 2010
This week's announcement that over half a million Cuban workers are to
be thrown out of their jobs in the next six months has laid bare the
class character of… Continue reading
Cuba criticizes Obama for keeping embargo
Posted on Wednesday, 09.15.10
Cuba criticizes Obama for keeping embargo
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press Writer
HAVANA — Cuba's foreign minister said Wednesday that President Barack
Obama has missed a golden opportunity to improve relations, lamenting
that nearly two years… Continue reading
Cubans worry amid threat of massive job cuts
Cubans worry amid threat of massive job cuts
By Rigoberto Diaz (AFP)
HAVANA — The elimination of 500,000 public sector jobs in six months is
worrying Cubans who have known only the state as an employer, although
some see an… Continue reading
Castro's Retraction
Castro's Retraction
Posted 09/13/2010 07:00 PM ET
Socialism: Dictator Fidel Castro's frantic bid to walk back his
statement about the failure of communism in Cuba was laughable, given
the state of his worker's para dise. What will show it… Continue reading
Is Cuba Going to Join the World Economic System?
Is Cuba Going to Join the World Economic System?
The Revolution Betrayed?
by Dr. K R Bolton
September 11, 2010
It seems that Marx got it a tad wrong when he saw the inexorable victory
of communism over the self-destruction… Continue reading
Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work
Posted on Wednesday, 09.08.10
Fidel latest to say Cuba's communism doesn't work
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press Writer
HAVANA — Cuba's communist economic model has come in for criticism from
an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.
The revolutionary leader told… Continue reading
Small signal, big meaning? Fidel Castro appears in military uniform
Posted on Friday, 09.03.10
Small signal, big meaning? Fidel Castro appears in military uniform
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
HAVANA — Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the
first time since stepping down as president four years… Continue reading
ARRESTOS E INVESTIGACIONES POR CORRUPCIÓN EN OFICINAS DEL INSTITUTO DE LA VIVIENDA
ARRESTOS E INVESTIGACIONES POR CORRUPCIÓN EN OFICINAS DEL INSTITUTO DE
LA VIVIENDA
01-09-2010.
Jaime Leygonier
Periodista Independiente, Agencia Hablemos Press
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Ciudad de la Habana, 26 de agosto.
Investigaciones de ventas y manejos ilegales de viviendas y recursos… Continue reading