Cuba Watch Newsletter - Issue #8

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We are proud to put out our Cuba Watch Newsletter on a regular basis to about 750 subscribers. Today we sent out issue #8 with the content featured below. To see this issue full of links out to articles that enhance the information, please see the archived… Read More

Havana Journal endorses Gingrich for Florida primary

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Rob Sequin, publisher HavanaJournal.com and President of Havana Journal Inc. First, a little background on me… I am a registered Republican from Massachusetts. I voted for Romney for Governor and I would have voted for him for Governor had he run… Read More

More anti-American behavior from Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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Title by Rob Sequin, publisher of HavanaJournal.com and article by Erika Bolstad of McClatchy Newspapers A U.S. House committee will investigate travel programs to Cuba offered by the Smithsonian Institution under a Obama administration initiative designed… Read More

Multiple flights from Cuba carrying sick tourists

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CBC News and Globe and Mail comments At least 11 people arriving in Ottawa and Toronto Canada aboard flights from Cuba on January 20 complained of a stomach illness, officials said. It marked the third time in a week passengers arriving from Cuba reported… Read More

New push to get Alan Gross released from Cuban prison

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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal US Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin apparently went to Cuba for a short trip to talk to the Cuban government and others about Cuba’s oil drilling and Alan Gross. According to a statement from the Senator’s office,… Read More

Cuba tourist arrivals sets record for 2011, more expected in 2012

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The Cuban government controlled Radio Cadena Agramonte is reporting that the predictions of 2.7 million visitors to Cuba in 20111 was achieved “without any problem” and now the forecast for 2012 is logged to be 2.9 million visitors. Among… Read More

OFAC 2012 Financial Industry Symposium

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If you are involved in any Cuba related financial transactions, you may want to consider attending the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is hosting a special Financial Industry Symposium from 8:00am to 5:00pm on March 20, 2012… Read More

Pope confirms Cuba trip for March 26-28 this year

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EFE Pope Benedict XVI approved the itinerary for the trip he will make on March 26-28 to Cuba, where he will be received by President Raul Castro, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Cuba, or COCC, said Sunday. The pontiff will travel from Mexico to the… Read More

Wrap up of 2011 Cuban economy and business in Cuba - Miami Herald

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By MIMI WHITEFIELD | The Miami Herald   It has been nearly four years since Cuban leader Rául Castro announced plans for a series of reforms to raise Cubans’ living standards and tie personal gain to individual work and initiative. Change came… Read More

The Cuban government and the Council of Ministers - what a sad joke

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Yaima Puig Meneses | Granma.cu | with commentary in bold by Rob Sequin, publisher of HavanaJournal.com We cannot undertake any project, activity or task, if we have not carefully planned every detail beforehand, including the identification of individuals… Read More

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