December 2005
China now a major investor in Cuba
Posted December 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
BY FRANCES ROBLES | MiamiHerald.com The 200 Chinese buses with comfy seats, tinted windows and air conditioning now roll along… Read More
Viet Nam strengthens ties with Cuba
Posted December 21, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
VNagency.com Ha Noi and Havana will increase their cooperation in health, education, sports, culture and information technology… Read More
China gives Cuba purchasing credit
Posted December 21, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
BusinessWeek.com China granted Cuba a line of credit worth 50 million yuan, about US$6.2 million (euro5.2 million), as part of… Read More
US Cuba Energy Summit set for Mexico
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Press Release In a letter to U.S. energy company executives, Fidel Rivero Prieto, President of Cuba Petroleo, told his counterparts… Read More
Luo Gan, top Chinese official in Cuba to strengthen ties
Posted December 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (2 comments)
AIN A top-level Chinese Communist Party official spotlighted the excellent relations between his country and Cuba. Upon his arrival… Read More
Cuba’s growth improves under own measure of economic activity
Posted December 15, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Marc Frank in Havana
Published: December 14 2005
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Maine governor John Baldacci shows other US states how to do business with Cuba
Posted December 12, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | Associated Press Writer The governor of Maine, on his first trip to Havana, said the normalization of relations… Read More
Maine’s desire to sell agriculture products in Cuba
Posted December 12, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By ROBERT M. COOK | Fosters.com As Maine Gov. John Baldacci and several Maine business leaders move closer to securing $10 million… Read More
November 2005
Tally of Hurricane Wilma damages in Cuba
Posted November 29, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.Granma.cu]http://www.Granma.cu[/url] Wilma caused multi-million dollar losses in Cuba CUBA… Read More
Trade with Cuba seminar set for November 29 in Texas
Posted November 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Press Release “During a panel discussion, those of us who have done business with Cuba will offer our experiences in exporting… Read More
Texans Oppose Restrictions on Trade with Cuba
Posted November 16, 2005 by crp236 in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Nov. 15, 2005, 9:24PM Republicans get steamed over rice trade with Cuba Lawmakers split over the reversal of a Clinton-era deal,… Read More
White House Rejects Compromise On Cuba Trade Provision
Posted November 15, 2005 by crp236 in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
The White House has rejected compromise language in a contentious Cuban agricultural trade provision in the FY06 Transportation-Treasury… Read More
Cuba will buy $270,000,000 of US agriculture products despite Bush restrictions on free trade
Posted November 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
AFP Cuba signed 270 million dollars in contracts with US firms at a fair here, Cuba’s import chief said. The United States… Read More
US to be largest food supplier to Cuba in 2005
Posted November 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters The United States will be Communist-run Cuba’s biggest food supplier this year, despite trade restrictions… Read More
Venezuela increases trade with Cuba
Posted November 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
Associated Press Venezuela hopes to double business with Cuba to $4 billion (euro3.4 billion) next year, including investments… Read More
Nebraska Governor and Cuba sign trade agreement
Posted November 03, 2005 by crp236 in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
(Havana) Governor Dave Heineman and members of an 18-person agricultural delegation from Nebraska today signed private contracts… Read More
Cuba and Alabama sign trade agreement
Posted November 03, 2005 by crp236 in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
HAVANA. The state of Alabama clinched deals today to sell $19 million dollars worth of chicken, minced meat and wooden utility… Read More
Venezuela Cuba trade accelerates
Posted November 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Associated Press Venezuela has become Cuba’s top trading partner, selling the Caribbean island $1.4 billion in oil and other… Read More
Over 300 business people attend Cuba business trade fair
Posted November 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
ANITA SNOW | Associated Press Farmers brought California vegetables, North Carolina turkeys and Arkansas rice to Cuba’s… Read More
Havana International Fair FIHAV
Posted November 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Havana’s International Fair (FIHAV) is recognized as an ideal space for global business people, said organizing… Read More
Chávez threatens to send F-16s to Cuba, China
Posted November 02, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
President Hugo Chávez warned Tuesday he might share Venezuela’s U.S.-made F-16 fighters with Cuba and China, accusing the… Read More
October 2005
Bodegas del Caribe develops wine brands in Cuba
Posted October 26, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Bodegas del Caribe S.A., a Cuban-Spanish joint venture, has a thick portfolio of offers that have allowed the company… Read More
India and China powers strenghting in Latin America
Posted October 24, 2005 by bobbi in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Latin America has become one of the top business partners of India in 2004-05 with the two-way trade growing by 77.66 percent… Read More
Selling cars in Cuba ... someday
Posted October 18, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
BY LISA GIBBS | Miami Herald After Fidel Castro is gone, two men who’ll be on the first Miami-Havana flight are brothers… Read More
Execs have eyes on Cuba
Posted October 13, 2005 by mattlawrence in Business In Cuba (5 comments)
A survey shows many executives plan to do business in a post-Castro Cuba. Media consultant Jose Cancela wants to buy into Cuban… Read More
Cuba to develop international convention industry
Posted October 11, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Congress tourism is one of the most attractive options in Cuba’s leisure industry, which has an excellent infrastructure… Read More
Havana Cuba hotel to offer wireless internet access
Posted October 11, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
DTCuba.com The Panorama Hotel, in the Cuban capital, has incorporated new facilities for entrepreneurs in order to boost business… Read More
Venezuela and Cuba form bilateral trade agreements
Posted October 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Granma.cu | BY VENTURA DE JESUS President Hugo Chávez and Carlos Lage close Joint Commission on Comprehensive Bilateral Cooperation… Read More
Communication with Cubans
Posted October 05, 2005 by Brent in Cuba-US Trade (3 comments)
Does anyone know a better way to communicate with Cubans? My friend and I had found a great and relatively inexpensive way to… Read More
South Korea KOTRA opens office in Cuba’s Miramar Trade Center
Posted October 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
DTCuba.com South Korea, one of the fastest-growing Asian economies at present, is boosting trade and cooperation with Cuba. With… Read More
Chinese DF7G-C locomotives to service Cuba railroad system
Posted October 04, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Cuba’s transportation sector will receive 12 Chinese-made locomotives, as part of business deals to reactivate… Read More
Publishing print media in Cuba - Gutierrez photo engravers
Posted October 02, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Text scanned from 1938 Space Buyers’ Guide of Cuba listing print media in circulation at the time. COALS TO NEWCASTLE WHY… Read More
September 2005
Advertising agencies in Havana in 1929
Posted September 30, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Taken from Barton’s American Guide to Havana and Cuba 1929 All of the agencies listed below are experienced in the preparation… Read More
Electricity, oil and sugarcane biomass energy in Cuba
Posted September 30, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Patricia Grogg | Global Information Network Cuba continues to be plagued by an energy crisis and blackouts, despite major investments… Read More
Duty free zones and industrial parks decree law 165 from 1996
Posted September 29, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Camara de Comercio de la Republica de Cuba Decree-Law No. 165 Duty-Free Zones and Industrial Parks DECREE-LAW NUMBER 165 DUTY-FREE… Read More
Pebercan oil drilling a success off Cuba
Posted September 25, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
oil and gas journal | Offshore staff Drilling and production company Pebercan, Inc. reported successful drilling of the Seboruco-12… Read More
Venezuela businesses to sell exports to Cuba
Posted September 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Forbes.com Venezuelan businesses signed deals to sell US$36.7 million (euro30 million) worth of goods to Cuba Thursday that will… Read More
ONGC Videsh Ltd aka OVL buys drilling rights for oil in Cuba
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
PTI ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has acquired a 30 per cent stake in seven oil and… Read More
Miramar Trade Center to have 18 buildings when completed
Posted September 20, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The Miramar Trade Center, in the Cuban capital, has become an excellent option that shows the development of real estate… Read More
Korea trade agency opens office in Havana
Posted September 13, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
Chosun.com The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has opened a trade center in Havana, Cuba, one of the world’s… Read More
Cuba to update electricity grid with $10 million OPEC Fund loan
Posted September 10, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Press Release - OPEC Fund for International Development The OPEC Fund for International Development today signed a US$10 million… Read More
Fidel Castro in Jamaica for PetroCaribe Summit
Posted September 07, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Periodico26.cu Cuban President Fidel Castro is in Jamaica to take part at the Summit of the PetroCaribe energy regional integration… Read More
Status of Cuban telephone system
Posted September 06, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Cuba’s telecommunications sector has developed over the past few years, and the country will have 89.6 percent… Read More
August 2005
ONGC Videsh Indian oil company researching Cuba oil drilling opportunity
Posted August 29, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Telegraphindia.com ONGC is eyeing a stake in two oilfields in Cuba and a 30 per cent share in some exploration blocks in the communist… Read More
US based Starwood Hotels Cuba land siezed by Cuban government in 2003
Posted August 25, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
BY FRANCES ROBLES | Miami Herald Four decades after Fidel Castro’s government had apparently seized all foreign-owned properties… Read More
Iran Cuba relations strengthened
Posted August 21, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
IRNA.ir Outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Tehran Jose Ramon Rodriguez met here Saturday with president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Presidential… Read More
Cuba sugar mills close and life goes on
Posted August 17, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
Reuters Marc Frank Mounds of scrap metal, rusting railway cars and abandoned mills pockmark Cuba’s countryside as the island… Read More
Nebraska Governor signs $17 million trade deal with Cuba
Posted August 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
Associated Press U.S. governors coming to Cuba to secure trade deals face more than just business haggling. Governors and other… Read More
Republican Governor Heineman of Nebraska in Cuba to talk trade
Posted August 15, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
AFP The Republican governor from the US farm state of Nebraska, Dave Heineman, arrived in Cuba with a trade delegation hoping… Read More
Silares Terminales del Caribe forced out of Cuba - Property to be nationalized
Posted August 15, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
Associated Press The Cuban government ended a contract with the company administering the island’s cruise terminals following… Read More
Vermont Agriculture Secretary Steve Kerr meets with Cuban officials about cattle and biotechnology
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
By Bruce Edwards Rutland Vermont Herald Staff Nearly 100 Vermont cows will receive a special welcome when a trade mission led… Read More
Cuban pharmaceutical industry
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTcuba.com The Laboratory of Liquid and Powder Pharmaceuticals in Bayamo, in the eastern Cuban province of Granma, is expected… Read More
Official clarification of Cuba trade rules from US Treasury site
Posted August 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
U.S. Treasury Department Clarifies Rules for Trade with Cuba Ruling allows U.S. goods to be shipped to Cuba more quickly The U.S.… Read More
July 2005
Agricultural sales to Cuba clarified
Posted July 31, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
A top-ranking senator on the Finance Committee has ended a deadlock with the Treasury Department over U.S. exporters’ agricultural… Read More
Congressional staffer named to prepare for transition in Cuba
Posted July 31, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
The Associated Press
Posted July 28 2005, 5:03 PM EDT
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Cuba’s ongoing electricity problems
Posted July 23, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune It’s Tuesday evening in the working-class neighborhood of Cerro, but the lights are out and… Read More
BANDES bank to finance Havana electricity system
Posted July 20, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
bnamericas.com Venezuela’s state-owned development bank BANDES plans to finance a US$93mn electrification project in Cuba’s… Read More
El Cobre mine might become Santiago de Cuba tourist attraction
Posted July 20, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
IPS/GIN The people now at the helm of the oldest copper mine in Latin America, located in eastern Cuba and shut down in 2001,… Read More
Let Cuba US Ag business develop - editorial
Posted July 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
FarmAndRanchGuide.com | Editorial Our Views: U.S. has worked hard to develop trade with Cuba - let’s move ahead Like a half-finished… Read More
Phone service being repaired in Cuba
Posted July 14, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuban telecommunications are on the mend after winds from hurricane Dennis snapped cables, toppled telephone poles… Read More
Cuban Economy update via Green Left Weekly
Posted July 11, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Marce Cameron | Green Left Weekly On May 1, Cuba’s socialist government raised the country’s minimum wage —… Read More
5th Inter-American Labor Law conference set for Havana
Posted July 01, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Anyone who is a professional in the areas of labor law or social benefits/social security is allowed under U.S. law to visit… Read More
Nebraska to explore trade to Cuba
Posted July 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
AP A group of Nebraskans will go on a trade mission to Cuba in August in hopes of selling Nebraska farm products to the Communist… Read More
June 2005
Entrepreneurs in Cuba - Going out of business?
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Vanessa Bauza | Sun Sentinel Business is booming at Cesar Gallardo’s sandwich stand. His food is fast, tasty and cheap,… Read More
Castro continues to shrink foreign investment and business in Cuba
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent In a further sign of economic retrenchment, Cuban officials have closed scores… Read More
Pebercan of Canada finds oil off Cuba and will drill for more
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-Canada Trade (1 comments)
http://ogj.pennnet.com | Oil and Gas Journal Pebercan Inc., Montreal, plans more drilling on Block 7 along Cuba’s… Read More
Alimort invites US Cuba Trade Association to Havana to discuss business relations
Posted June 28, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | Associated Press Writer A group of Americans from a U.S. trade association pushing for normalized commercial… Read More
Cuba asking foreign companies to leave island
Posted June 28, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
BY GARY MARX
Chicago Tribune
Fri, Jun. 24, 2005
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Castro wants fewer entrepreneurs in Cuba
Posted June 20, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (7 comments)
By Vanessa Arrington | Associated Press Writer Cuba’s communist government has revoked some 2,000 licenses from self-employed… Read More
A day in the life - Survival and business in Cuba
Posted June 19, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
By Diana Marrero | The Florida Times-Union Officially, the 39-year-old woman makes about $6 a month selling produce at an open… Read More
Cuba Trade: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Posted June 17, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-Canada Trade (1 comments)
Embassy, June 15th, 2005 NEWS STORY By Sarah McGregor Canadian firms manage to do business with Cuba in the shadow of restrictive… Read More
French hotel chain Accor (with 41 hotels in US) to open 3rd and 4th hotel in Cuba
Posted June 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (2 comments)
Reuters French hotel group Accor SA has taken over management of Cuba’s Riviera and Capri hotels, two notorious haunts of… Read More
Return to Cuba - Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco plans 2nd trip
Posted June 17, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
The Associated Press State economic development officials are planning another trade mission to Cuba in hopes of finding more… Read More
Southern states will create many jobs if Cuba trade is expanded
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
BizJournals.com Southern states stand to gain the most if U.S. trade with Cuba is normalized, according to a University of South… Read More
Status of economy in Cuba - rice cookers, minimum wage and oil
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Corey Sabourin | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor FDR promised a chicken in every pot. For Fidel Castro, it’s… Read More
Cuban officials receive visas to visit five states to inspect cattle for purchase
Posted June 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
By Bruce Edwards | Rutland Herald Vermont Some Vermont cows are finally getting their chance to take a long trip to Cuba. Seven… Read More
Cuba cuts back European business joint ventures substantially
Posted June 02, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (12 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Western companies welcomed in Cuba as heroes a decade ago for bucking the U.S. embargo are packing up… Read More
May 2005
VietNam and Cuba to work together on biotech and environment
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
VNAgency.com Viet Nam and Cuba need more co-operative programmes in biotechnology, information technology and marine environmental… Read More
Mississippi Rep. Thompson to explore business opportunities in Cuba
Posted May 31, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Ana Radelat | Clarion-Ledger Washington Bureau Mississippi farmers hoping to give Cubans a taste for catfish and other local… Read More
Cuba Policy Update from LAWG.org - Easing agriculture trade rules with Cuba
Posted May 23, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
In the House and Senate, Cuba policy change advocates have been at work on bills to reduce barriers to agricultural trade. … Read More
Cuba to switch computers to Linux, dumping Windows
Posted May 19, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Caribbean NetNews
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
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Cuban telephone service
Posted May 17, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (18 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba is replacing analogue telephone technology with digital services, as part of a strategy to improve telephony on… Read More
China Cuba ties strongest ever - Castro meets Chinese national advisor
Posted May 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Xinhuanet.com Cuba and China have had frequent exchanges of high-level visits in recent years and their close ties are in the… Read More
Writers of Buena Vista hits were paid with a few pesos and rum, court hears
Posted May 12, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
David Ward
Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Guardian
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Swap: Cuba gets 90,000 barrels of oil per day, Venezuela gets 30,000 Cuban doctors
Posted May 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Canadian Press Venezuela and Cuba have agreed to start a joint shipyard, the Venezuelan government said Wednesday, the latest… Read More
Castro’s largesse troubles economists
Posted May 04, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Marc Frank in Havana. Financial Times, UK, May 3 2005
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April 2005
USCTA - New trade association formed to promote US Cuba business trade
Posted April 26, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
PRESS RELEASE U.S.-CUBA TRADE ASSOCIATION 2300 M Street, NW – Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20037 Tel: 202/ 530-5236 **… Read More
Bush Administration policy change restricting US business exports
Posted April 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Jeffrey Sparshott | THE WASHINGTON TIMES Radlo Foods sold more than $1.5 million in eggs, about 3 million dozen, to Cuba from… Read More
When a bottle of rum can call itself Cuban
Posted April 20, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
The Economist
April 19, 2005
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Maine Agriculture Commissioner Spear due To leave hospital after Cuba trip
Posted April 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
WMTW.com Maine Agriculture Commissioner Robert Spear is leaving a Florida hospital Tuesday after being stricken with an illness… Read More
Russia and Cuba continue to debate past and future trade
Posted April 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (4 comments)
By Anthony Boadle | Reuters The stained-glass image of Vladimir Ilich Lenin still dominates the reception hall of Russia’s… Read More
Wifi wireless internet access at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel in Havana Cuba
Posted April 12, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com The five-star Meliá Cohiba Hotel, located in the Cuban capital, has inaugurated new facilities for its guests. Recently,… Read More
After Castro, don’t expect any sudden changes in economic policy
Posted April 09, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-World Trade (15 comments)
Question: What economic path will Cuba take after Fidel Castro?
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Jesse Jackson thinking about a business trip to Cuba
Posted April 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Reuters The Reverend Jesse Jackson plans to travel to Cuba to promote U.S. trade with the Communist-run island, a friend said… Read More
Alliances with China and Venezuela bolster Cuba
Posted April 08, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
By Marc Frank in Havana
Published: April 7 2005 in the Financial Times
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Governor Blanco after Cuba trip w/ commentary
Posted April 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (4 comments)
Shreveporttimes.com When Gov. Kathleen Blanco returned from Cuba last month, she came home with far more than a contract to sell… Read More
COCAL awards Havana “best city” for conventions in Latin America
Posted April 04, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Prensa Latina The Latin American Federation of Congress and Related Event Planners (COCAL is the Spanish acronym) made public… Read More
President Bush chooses to restrict US agricultural sales to Cuba
Posted April 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (6 comments)
By NED RANDOLPH | The Advocate business writer The Bush administration is refusing to back down from its decision to start imposing… Read More
March 2005
Visa Gold Explorations - current state of Cuba shipwreck business
Posted March 29, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-Canada Trade (2 comments)
Publisher note: After reading [url=http://www.CubaNews.com]http://www.CubaNews.com[/url] article regarding… Read More
Cuba oil production to increase with more Chinese equipment arriving
Posted March 23, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Reuters Chinese oil drilling equipment has begun arriving in Cuba as state-run Cubapetroleo (Cupet) and its foreign partners prepare… Read More
More details regarding Govenor Blanco trip to Cuba
Posted March 22, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
By James Varney | Time Picayune As Gov. Kathleen Blanco and her circle of advisers darted from meetings to meals during their… Read More
American business invests in Cuba via foreign companies - Opinion
Posted March 18, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
BY Paolo Spadoni He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. American investments… Read More
Resignation letter from President to members of U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc.
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza • New York, New York 10112-0002 Telephone (212) 246-1444 • Facsimile… Read More
US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council President John Kavulich resigns
Posted March 16, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
A top expert on U.S.-Cuba trade announced Tuesday that he had resigned, saying he was ‘‘tired’’ of dealing… Read More
U.S. Cuba trade expert quits
Posted March 16, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
A leading expert on trade with Cuba resigned out of frustration with what he called opportunists in both countries. BY NANCY SAN… Read More
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco seals trade deal with Alimport
Posted March 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Mary Murray | MSNBC Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco accomplished what she set out to do during a three-day visit to Cuba this week:… Read More
US Cuba trade in 2005 - Opinion
Posted March 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Orlando Sentinel | By Paolo Spadoni | Special to the Sentinel The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control… Read More
Cuba finds foreign investors for Nickel industry
Posted March 15, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba is promoting foreign investments in the nickel industry, with an eye to guaranteeing growth in that economic sector.… Read More
International Food Fair Opens in Havana
Posted March 06, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
http://www.periodico26.cu/english.htm Representatives from over 400 firms from 10 countries are scheduled to take… Read More
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco explores business ties with Cuba
Posted March 06, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
By James Varney | Times Picayune Louisiana On Tuesday, as she steps off a flight to Havana, Gov. Kathleen Blanco will become Louisiana’s… Read More
More U.S. companies exporting goods to nation, despite White House unease
Posted March 03, 2005 by Cubana in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
By Dean Calbreath
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
March 3, 2005
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February 2005
Rule change seeks to halt US agriculture sales to Cuba
Posted February 24, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Rafael Lorente Tribune Newspapers: South Florida Sun-Sentinel The Bush administration announced Tuesday that it will begin… Read More
How to invest in Cuban real estate - wait
Posted February 22, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (91 comments)
By TRACEY EATON | The Dallas Morning News Just 90 miles from American shores yet impossibly out of reach is a cash-starved nation… Read More
China makes more investments in Caribbean
Posted February 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
By MICHAEL NORTON | Associated Press Writer China is waging an aggressive campaign of seduction in the Caribbean, wooing countries… Read More
Gulfport MS renews contract with Havana for Shipping to Cuba
Posted February 19, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Plenglish.com Daniel McNeel, executive director of Gulfport, Mississippi, and Pedro Alvarez, head of ALIMPORT, Cuba´s food import… Read More
China and Venezuela investments bring Cuba out of economic slump
Posted February 17, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By VANESSA ARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer Gilberto Sago remembers the time, before the collapse of the Soviet Union thrust… Read More
Cost of Living in Cuba
Posted February 17, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
By The Associated Press Average salaries, per month: Teacher: $9.60 Business administrator: $11.35 Engineer: $14.40 Doctor, general… Read More
Cuba is 25th largest agriculture export market to US
Posted February 16, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Reuters Cuba became the United States’ 25th-largest agricultural export market in 2004 with food purchases jumping 55 per… Read More
Foreign banks loan money to Cuba despite US pressures
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Paolo Spadoni | Special to the Orlando Sentinel During the past year, the Bush administration has exerted pressures and imposed… Read More
Customs security technology installed at Port of Havana
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTcuba.com A new radiological equipment to inspect containers was installed at the port of Havana, as part of a strategy to boost… Read More
Kansas to sell wheat to Cuba
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Associated Press State officials have announced a $3.5 million trade deal with Cuba involving more than 25,000 metric tons of… Read More
Port Of Gulfport Mississippi Executives Head To Cuba
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Karla Redditte | WLOX.com As one ship leaves carrying licensed agricultural products as part of it’s regular route to… Read More
The Cuban Economy by Mises Institute
Posted February 14, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
by Christina D. McIntosh and Grant M. Nülle | Mises Institute “The destiny of this country was decided long ago and nothing… Read More
Senators propose bill to ease restrictions on doing business with Cuba
Posted February 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
BY VANESSA BAUZA AND RAFAEL LORENTE | South Florida Sun-Sentinel A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to keep the Bush administration… Read More
US sales to Cuba rise
Posted February 05, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
Havana, Feb. 4 (Reuters): US farm product sales to Cuba, which began only in 2002, have now topped $1 billion, the head of Cuba’s… Read More
Cuba inks import deal with US
Posted February 05, 2005 by mattlawrence in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Cuba signed a multi-million dollar deal on Thursday with a US dairy consortium to import powdered milk despite Fidel Castro’s… Read More
Cuba oil Cubapetroleo signs deal with China oil Sinopec
Posted February 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
VNagency.com The Cuba Oil Company (Cubapetroleo) signed a production contract with the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (SINOPEC)… Read More
Cuban Ambassador in Iran to discuss trade and relations
Posted February 01, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Turkish Weekly His Excellency Jose Ramon Rodriguez, Cuba’s Ambassador in Tehran talked to IRAN NEWS in an exclusive interview.… Read More
January 2005
Cuba: an economy that lives in the past
Posted January 27, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
Article in the Christian Science Monitor
By David R. Francis
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TEXAS A&M TO PRESENT WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURE TRADE WITH CUBA
Posted January 26, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Writer: Lorri Jones, (281) 855-5620,lv-jones@tamu.edu Contact: Joe Janak, (361) 575-4581,jjanak@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Parr Rosson, (979)… Read More
Shipment of Pennsylvania dairy cattle leaves for Cuba
Posted January 18, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
BY MARY KLAUS of The Patriot-News Five tractor-trailer loads of pregnant heifers left Londonderry Twp. for Cuba yesterday in the… Read More
Iran grants Cuba 20-million euro credit
Posted January 18, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
BY RAISA PAGESóGranma International staff writer http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/enero/lun17/04iran.html… Read More
Cuba to Step up Repairs to Electric Supply
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Prensa Latina The maintenance works started in late 2004 in Cuba’s thermoelectric stations will continue at a faster speed… Read More
2004 Cuban economy grows by 5% - but what is GDP in Cuba?
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Marc Frank | Financial Times The government rejects the standard formula for GDP and says 2004 growth was 5%. Many citizens… Read More
Jardines del Rey International Airport receives 22 flights per week
Posted January 18, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
DTcuba.com The Jardines del Rey International Airport, on Cayo Coco, receives 22 flights carrying foreign vacationers from different… Read More
Cuba’s new ‘growth’ rate fails to cure old problems
Posted January 14, 2005 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Marc Frank
Published in the Financial Times: January 14 2005 02:00
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International Economists Meeting Slated for Havana
Posted January 12, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
[url=http://www.periodico26.cu]http://www.periodico26.cu[/url] Academic rigor and a plurality of ideas in… Read More
Despite U.S. limits, Cuba tourism up
Posted January 10, 2005 by Dana Garrett in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
The Associated Press Tourism to Cuba increased 8 percent in 2004 compared with 2003, despite new U.S. restrictions sharply cutting… Read More
Sherritt discusses coal plant development in Havana Province
Posted January 08, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-Canada Trade (0 comments)
By Allison Murray | [url=http://www.BNamericas.com]http://www.BNamericas.com[/url] Canadian mining and energy… Read More
Drought in Cuba will reduce sugar harvest
Posted January 08, 2005 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
AP Latin America Cuba predicted a smaller sugar harvest this year because of drought, one year after the island’s harvest… Read More
Cuba and China Boost Tourist Cooperation
Posted January 04, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (5 comments)
DTcuba.com Cuba and China are boosting tourist cooperation with the execution of major projects. According to experts, authorities… Read More
JP Wright sells Florida cattle to Cuba
Posted January 02, 2005 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
Associated Press The first shipment of Florida-bred cattle to Cuba in more than 40 years was leaving Friday from this port near… Read More
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