U.S. Businesses Scout Opportunities In Cuba
December 18th, 2014
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the spike in American business interest in Cuba: PepsiCo wants in. So do Caterpillar and Marriott International. Within hours of President Obama’s historic move to restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba, companies in the United States were weighing how to introduce their products and services to […]
Read more »Cuba’s Economy At A Crossroads
December 15th, 2014
Two interesting articles on Cuba’s economy. The first, courtesy of the New York Times, offer this commentary: In July 2007, while serving as acting president as his brother underwent medical treatment, Raúl Castro delivered a startling indictment of the Cuban economy when he railed about the inefficiencies of the dairy industry. His description of […]
Read more »Internet Access In Cuba
December 9th, 2014
Via Terra Daily, a report on internet access and use in Cuba: With their smartphones and tablet computers, they look much like young people anywhere in the world. But these Cubans have to go to extremes just to get an Internet connection and somehow get around the strict control of the Communist authorities. In the […]
Read more »Cuba Seeks Over $8 billion In Foreign Investment
November 4th, 2014
Via the Miami Herald, a look at Cuba’s investment needs: Cuba asked international companies on Monday to invest more than $8 billion in the island as it attempts to kick-start a centrally planned economy starved for cash and hamstrung by inefficiency. Foreign Commerce Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz announced a list of 246 potential projects […]
Read more »Cuba’s Economy
May 13th, 2014
Via Capitalist Exploits, an interesting look at the Cuban economy: If the secret to economic prosperity was the erection of Che Guevara murals, Cuba would be the wealthiest nation on Earth. Unfortunately, revolutions are meant as transitions between an inferior form of government, and one that is supposed to be better. Revolution itself isn’t a […]
Read more »Cuba Tries to Modernize Economy
March 22nd, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Cuba’s efforts to modernize its economy: The Cuban parliament will meet March 29 to consider a new foreign investment law that promises to significantly alter the legal structure that has been in place since 1995. Though official details are scarce, the new law is likely to make […]
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