December 2006
Nickel metal mining industry in Cuba
Posted December 30, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Patricia Grogg IPS Nickel retained its first place among Cuban exports in 2006, its earnings boosted by unprecedented high prices… Read More
Cuban Oil, Gas Output Grow - Prensa Latina
Posted December 24, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuba will end 2006 fulfilling oil and natural gas production plans and new gas-based power generators in operation.… Read More
Time to stop at 638 assassination attempts to kill Fidel Castro
Posted December 06, 2006 by edsvenson in Cuba-US Trade (3 comments)
This week a documentary entitled ‘638 ways to kill Castro’ aired on UK TV. It is an astonishing portrait of the thoroughly… Read More
November 2006
Cuba on verge of political & economic change - Russian writer’s observation
Posted November 28, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Pyotr Romanov | Providence Jouranal Having recently spent two weeks in Havana, I saw for myself what seemed quite obvious—after… Read More
State of Cuban oil exploration and development of sugar ethanol industry
Posted November 20, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
This analysis was prepared by Research Associate Danielle Ryan | Council on Hemispheric Affairs Hurdling over the barriers erected… Read More
Low US business turnout at Havana Trade Fair thanks to Bush Cuba policy
Posted November 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
By Jeff Franks | Reuters Glum U.S. vendors find themselves fewer in number and fading in importance at Havana’s annual international… Read More
October 2006
Cuba to review black market economy
Posted October 26, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
BY FRANCES ROBLES | Miami Herald In the wake of an unusual investigation by Cuban state journalists into public employees who… Read More
Thomas Herzfeld Advisors applies to SEC to open second Cuba mutual fund
Posted October 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Reuters Herzfeld acknowledges that the Communist state that Castro built on the doorstep of the United States won’t necessarily… Read More
Russia to grant Cuba $36million to finance purchases
Posted October 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
En.Rian.ru Russia will provide Cuba with a 10-year $355 mln loan with interest at 4% per year, Russia’s prime minister… Read More
37 US States Export Food To Cuba Now - More Than Any Other Country
Posted October 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Watch the video report from Cuba CBS Life for most Cubans is a bare bones existence. The average wage is about $13 a month.… Read More
Raul Castro administration fires directors of Etecsa, Telecom Italia and Copextel
Posted October 02, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuba has fired the heads of two of the country’s most influential companies in a bid to bring the… Read More
Summary of prospects and restrictions of Cuba oil drilling
Posted October 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
By Gary Marx | Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Known more for cigars and rum than oil rigs, this socialist nation has become… Read More
September 2006
Cuba Study Group to launch private micro-loan fund for Cuban entrepreneurs
Posted September 19, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
Miami Herald The Cuban-American business leaders of the Cuba Study Group are putting their money where their hopes lie. The group… Read More
Havana buildings and streets in need of repair
Posted September 19, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Carol J. Williams | LA Times Staff Writer At the intersection of Marina and Jovellar streets, more than 50 people wait along… Read More
Havana Journal buys American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba domain name
Posted September 18, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Apparently the American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba in the United States is out of business. We just bought the domain name. So,… Read More
More countries drilling for oil northwest of Cuba in Gulf of Mexico
Posted September 12, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
IANS Expanding its operations in South America, state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has signed production sharing contracts… Read More
Major Gulf of Mexic oil discovery good for Cuba?
Posted September 06, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Clifford Krauss The New York Times An announcement by three oil companies of a successful production test in the Gulf of Mexico,… Read More
August 2006
The Economic Future of Cuba - USA Today
Posted August 30, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Edward Iwata | USA TODAY Millions of visitors to Havana have been entranced by the Cuban capital’s resorts and restaurants,… Read More
Bacardi Havana Club trademark - bad US politics makes for bad US business
Posted August 27, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
BY MATTHEW HAGGMAN | Miami Journal Bacardi’s victory in the Havana Club trademark fight could spell trouble for many other… Read More
24th FIHAV Havana Trade Fair from October 30 to November 4 2006
Posted August 27, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
http://www.granma.cu THE 24th edition of the Havana Trade Fair (FIHAV) takes place from October 30 to November… Read More
New Mexico joins lists of US states selling goods to Cuba
Posted August 26, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Associated Press A Navajo Nation agriculture company has signed a letter of intent to sell its products to Cuba, marking New Mexico’s… Read More
Ending the US Embargo against Cuba would take an act of Congress
Posted August 13, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
AP If Fidel Castro died tomorrow, the U.S. embargo against Cuba could not be lifted like any other - as President Bush undid the… Read More
Organoponicos and organic produce in Cuba
Posted August 08, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
TorontoSun.com | By Andrew Buncombe Twenty years ago, following the collapse of the Soviet empire, Fidel Castro’s small… Read More
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund - Cuba related mutual fund
Posted August 08, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
http://yahoo.smartmoney.com/barrons/ THOMAS J. HERZFELD was early to the party — very early. In 1994, the… Read More
Embargo keeps US oil companies out of Cuban oil fields south of Florida
Posted August 03, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
By TODD LEWAN The Associated Press MIAMI - Some facts about America’s trade embargo with Cuba: •It’s been U.S. policy… Read More
July 2006
The economic rise of Cuba thanks to China, Venezuela and Latin Left America
Posted July 31, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (2 comments)
http://www.coha.org | Council on Hemispheric Affairs (original title Cuba comes in from the cold) Bolstered by New Investments… Read More
Fidel Castro visits Mercosur trade summit- South America moving to the left
Posted July 21, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (2 comments)
By BILL CORMIER, Associated Press Writer CORDOBA, Argentina - A rare guest appearance by Cuban leader Fidel Castro has turned… Read More
Cuban debt to Russia - Follow the funny money trail
Posted July 19, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Kommersant.com After nearly a decade of urging Cuba to pay off $22-billion debt to the former Soviet Union, Russia shelves… Read More
Cuba to explore sugar ethanol production
Posted July 19, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Jamaica-gleaner.com Cuba hopes to take advantage of high sugar prices and the ethanol boom to revitalise its industry and greatly… Read More
Corpus Christi Texas port and Congressman Solomon Ortiz sign trade deal with Cuba
Posted July 19, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
kristv.com Port officials and Congressman Solomon Ortiz were in Cuba Friday to promote trade and send a message about relations… Read More
June 2006
Cuba to increase ethanol production
Posted June 25, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press Cuba is investing in its ethanol refineries with hopes of increasing its production of… Read More
China Cuba ties report from Cuba Transition Project
Posted June 02, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Cuba Transition Project CUBA FACTS Issue 21- May 2006 Cuba Facts is an ongoing series of succinct fact sheets on… Read More
May 2006
Venezuela (China, India, Canada & Spain) to drill for oil in Cuban waters
Posted May 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
MercoPress.com Venezuela will explore and eventually exploit hydrocarbons in Cuba according to a release published this week in… Read More
India ONGC Videsh and Norway Norsk Hydro drilling for Cuban oil in Gulf of Mexico too
Posted May 11, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
IBN Live India’s ONGC Videsh and Norway’s Norsk Hydro are joining forces with Spain’s Repsol in a bid to find… Read More
China and India to drill for Cuban oil off Florida keys in Gulf of Mexico
Posted May 11, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
CNN Plans for foreign oil companies, some from India and China, to drill off the cost of Cuba are prompting calls from lawmakers… Read More
Varadero Cuba oilfield may start yielding crude oil
Posted May 11, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuba hopes to extract 200 tons of oil per day in a Varadero oilfield, which use could last over 15 years, an official… Read More
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to file bill to punish all companies drilling for oil off Florida
Posted May 08, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (5 comments)
By LESLEY CLARK | Miami Herald U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is joining Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in filing legislation… Read More
April 2006
Welcome to the Havana Journal
Posted April 20, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
The Havana Journal is media source designed to feature user-generated content, third party content, news, photos, comments, opinions,… Read More
Cubaniquel and Sherritt to increase Cuban nickel and cobalt production
Posted April 20, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
CBC.cz Cuba, among the world’s largest nickel and cobalt producers, has launched a program with Canadian mining firm Sherritt… Read More
Who will drill for oil off Florida, the US or Cuba?
Posted April 17, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
BY LESLEY CLARK | Knight Ridder Newspapers A Pennsylvania congressman who wants to drill for natural gas just 20 miles out from… Read More
Cuba seeking foreign investment in sugar industry
Posted April 15, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuba is seeking direct foreign investment in sugar milling and cultivation for the first time since nationalizing… Read More
Venezuela oil - life blood of Cuba ... and the United States
Posted April 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
By Howard Williams | CNSNews.com Correspondent Venezuela has signed a new oil pact with Cuba, boosting oil deliveries to the Communist… Read More
US Cuba Trade Association talks trade with Cuba
Posted April 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
Associated Press | BY TRAVIS REED Business leaders and Cuban government officials expressed frustration Thursday with Bush administration… Read More
March 2006
REDESIGN OF THE HAVANA JOURNAL COMPLETE
Posted March 30, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
We have finished the major redesign of the Havana Journal. The good news is that we have made the entire site much more user and… Read More
Cuba buys two more Il-96-300 Russian jets
Posted March 28, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
UPI Cuba`s flagship airline will buy five more Russian jets, with PS90A engines, the newest engines available. Cubana de Aviacion… Read More
Cuba buying 4,158 electric generators
Posted March 28, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
http://www.plenglish.com Cuba Generates More Power The start up of new groups of power generators in Havana have boosted… Read More
China manufacturer Haier sells 300,000 refrigerators to Cuba
Posted March 16, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (3 comments)
Prensa Latina The Chinese Group Haier of eastern Shandong province was stage for a preparation ceremony for the first lot of 300,000… Read More
Cuba buys Ilyushin Il-96-300 Presidential jets
Posted March 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (4 comments)
BBC Cuba is buying one of Russia’s most up-to-date airliners, carefully crafted for President Fidel Castro’s personal… Read More
Iran will build cement and power plant in Cuba
Posted March 14, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
MNA Iran and Cuba signed an agreement based on which Iran will build a cement plant in this Latin American country. In addition… Read More
Cuba exports zeolite to Europe
Posted March 14, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
DTCuba.com Cuba will increase zeolite exports to the European market, as part of efforts to diversify foreign trade. The plant… Read More
Cuba to work on ethanol production
Posted March 14, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
Cubaweb.cu Those interested in doing business with Cuba in the field of non-traditional products can now look at new options such… Read More
Cuba to drill for oil in potential Florida zone
Posted March 05, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Nick Snow | Oil and Gas Journal Cuba is moving to develop its offshore oil and gas resources, which would result in development… Read More
Cuban American lawyers want stake in post-Castro Cuba legal system
Posted March 05, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
Lindsay Fortado | The National Law Journal Lawyers in the United States are turning their thoughts to a new type of Cuba: one… Read More
February 2006
SINOSURE to guarantee financing of Cuba purchases
Posted February 28, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Prensa Latina Cuban President, Fidel Castro, attended the signing ceremony of an important financial agreement between his country… Read More
Organiponico - Agriculture in Havana City Cuba
Posted February 26, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By Megan Quinn | From Permaculture Activist | GlobalPublicMedia.com At the Organiponico de Alamar, a neighborhood agriculture… Read More
HOW TO WRITE FOR THE HAVANA JOURNAL
Posted February 23, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
We have finished our complete redesign of the Havana Journal. We have made it easier for you to post your original stories and… Read More
The Long Arm of the Law
Posted February 16, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
Philip Peters | Lexington Institute The Bush Administration voiced not a word of disapproval, but it sent an unmistakable signal… Read More
Cuba business forum redesigned
Posted February 16, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba, Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
For those of you who like to follow business opportunities in Cuba, We have finished our Cuba Business Forums. Take a look here Read More
Pebercan finds new potential oil field off Cuba and more wells planned
Posted February 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-Canada Trade (1 comments)
Pebercan Press Release Tarara: discovery of the new potential field with the Tarara 100 well Santa Cruz: successful test of the… Read More
China continues to strengthen ties with Cuba
Posted February 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
BY JULIO GOMEZ LLUCIA | Granma.cu CHEN Zhili, state minister of the People’s Republic of China, highlighted her visit to… Read More
US now starting to punish Mexico in order to hurt Fidel Castro
Posted February 13, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
By Julie Watson | ASSOCIATED PRESS Mexico’s vow to prosecute an American-owned hotel for adhering to the U.S. embargo of… Read More
OFAC reaches into Mexican hotel to enforce Embargo
Posted February 13, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (2 comments)
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. | New York Times Mexico and Cuba criticized the United States on Monday February 6 for demanding that… Read More
Port of Corpus Christi officials attend Cuba summit
Posted February 13, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (3 comments)
Shaun Hegarty | KRISTV.com The Port of Corpus Christi is planning ahead for the day when the United States embargo on Cuba is… Read More
Tristan Bauer to make film about Che Guevarra
Posted February 06, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (27 comments)
Prensa Latina Argentinean filmmaker Tristan Bauer, First Prizewinner at Havana Festival of the New Latin American Movie with the… Read More
MAJOR UPGRADE TO HAVANA JOURNAL
Posted February 06, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (3 comments)
Hello to all loyal Havana Journal visitors and authors, We have just launched the completely redesigned HavanaJournal.com. We… Read More
Cuba plans for its Energy Revolution
Posted February 01, 2006 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
http://www.periodico26.cu By Istvan Ojeda Bello What is the relationship between the new Chinese rice cookers that are… Read More
January 2006
Russia successfully tests passenger jet sold to Cuba
Posted January 30, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060126/43196936.html Russia successfully tests Cuba-ordered passenger jet VORONEZH,… Read More
White House 2008, A Woman’s Touch?
Posted January 24, 2006 by YoungCuban in Cuba-US Trade (6 comments)Corpus Christi Texas sign shipping deal with Cuba
Posted January 22, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
AIN | Ahora.cu US business people have signed new commercial accords with Cuba, in an action that further ignores Washington’s… Read More
Court decision to affect MasterCigars Direct, Hunters & Frankau and 50% owner of Habanos’ Altadis
Posted January 19, 2006 by Cubana in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
Richard Wray | The Guardian The price paid by British smokers for Cuban cigars, the smoke of choice for film stars such as Danny… Read More
Sugar: Former Lifeblood of Cuban Economy Reduced to Mere Trickle
Posted January 16, 2006 by Cubana in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
Patricia Grogg | IPS Sugar, once the mainstay of the Cuban economy, has been relegated to a weaker role than ever before, as the… Read More
Cuba to buy more heavy machinery from China this year
Posted January 15, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuban President Fidel Castro climbed aboard a Chinese locomotive and hailed growing economic links with… Read More
Colorado Governor Bill Owens ignorant about Cuba and likes it that way
Posted January 14, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (5 comments)
Rob Reuteman | Rocky Mountain News original title: The Cuba question: To trade or not to trade? Jim Reis, chief executive of Denver’s… Read More
Maine talks business with Cuba
Posted January 10, 2006 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
By Christine Parrish | VillageSoup.com “Fidel Castro was very interested in Maine and very cordial,” said Jim Robbins,… Read More
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