Energy-Rich Turkmenistan Devalues Currency Against Dollar
January 1st, 2015
Via Business Insider, a report on Turkmenistan’s currency woes: A view of Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabad. The energy-rich former Soviet republic has devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent The energy-rich former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan devalued its currency against the US dollar by 18 percent Thursday, in the latest sign of contagion […]
Read more »Cuba’s Oil: A New Frontier, Surrounded By Hopes And Doubts
December 21st, 2014
Via the Times-Picayune, a look at Cuba’s hydrocarbon potential: One of the most prolific oil and gas basins on the planet sits just off Cuba’s northwest coast, and the thaw in relations with the United States is giving rise to hopes that Cuba can now get in on the action. It’s a prospect welcomed by […]
Read more »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 »Reforming North Korea
December 7th, 2014
Via Al Jazeera, an interesting article on how North Korea, at long last, may have decided to begin Chinese-style reforms: There is big news coming from North Korea recently, though it has gone largely unnoticed. Indeed, when North Korea is mentioned in the international media, it is usually because of the unending saga of the […]
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