Cuba Expert Series - Interview with Dr. Teo Babun

Posted December 20, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal This is our first interview for our new Cuba Expert Series that will feature newsmakers, professionals,… Read More

The Cuban economy - This time it’s different - opinion

Posted December 20, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Even the casual Cuba watcher knows “this time it’s different” in Cuba. For several… Read More

South Africa forgives $140million of Cuban debt, offers more credit

Posted December 08, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (1 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal I am always amazed that countries from all over the world give everything to Cuba for free or on credit… Read More

Real Estate in Cuba - Still no “groundbreaking” events

Posted November 30, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (3 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Over promise and under deliver should be the slogan of Leisure Canada. Perhaps this phrase could serve… Read More

Pedro Alvarez removed from Cuban Chamber of Commerce

Posted November 23, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Pedro Alvarez, former President of the purchasing agency Alimport who then moved (or was moved) to… Read More

China to invest $6B in Cienfuegos Cuba oil refinery

Posted November 22, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (3 comments)
Esteban Israel | Reuters A unit of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) is set to begin in 2011 a $6-billion expansion project… Read More

Economic transition in Cuba. Will Obama ease US travel restrictions?

Posted November 19, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Anyone with a casual interest in Cuba knows by now that a serious economic transition has begun in… Read More

Economic transition in Cuba on the agenda for Miami conference

Posted November 19, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal The 2010 Caribbean/Central America Action conference will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel… Read More

Cuba newsletter sold to investors in Miami

Posted November 19, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal According to the article, Miami Investors buy Cuba News, posted at CubaStandard.com recently, Antony… Read More

Cuban coffee harvest lowest in history of Cuba

Posted September 29, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Will Weissert from AP is reporting that Cuba had its worst coffee harvest in history in 2009 with production yielding only 5,500… Read More

Private taxis in Havana increase 55x over state run taxis

Posted September 14, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal According to the Minister of Transport Cesar Arocha, private Cuban taxis have increased their productivity… Read More

Cuba to cut back state control of workers and allow for more self employment

Posted September 14, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Are there two Cubas? There certainly appears to be two Cuban leaders with two different views of Cuba.… Read More

Cuba to allow 99 year land lease to attract foreign investment

Posted August 28, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
By WILL WEISSERT | Associated Press Cuba has begun allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years, a step… Read More

Max Marambio and Rio Zaza - another business opportunity in Cuba closed

Posted August 26, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
The Economist Here’s an interesting story about doing business in Cuba. It’s atypical that a businessman actually… Read More

The key to Cuban commerce - land ownership and real estate law in Cuba

Posted August 25, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Dan Skinner | CubaDomainsForSale.com For me, as one who has developed a love for the Cuban people and countryside since the 1950s,… Read More

Letter to Committee on Foreign Affairs from US Chamber of Commerce

Posted August 24, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
R. Bruce Josten Executive Vice President Government Affairs 1615 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20062-2000 202/463-5310 Dear… Read More

Is it for real now? Cuba to allow sale of houses to foreigners

Posted August 02, 2010 by nacho in Business In Cuba (1 comments)
Nacho AFP  and other agencies are reporting that Cuba is to build golf courses with foreign investors and allow the sale… Read More

Empowering the Cuban people through technology - report

Posted July 24, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
Press Release The Cuba Study Group today published a whitepaper in collaboration with the Americas Society/Council of the… Read More

How to do business in Cuba

Posted June 24, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (17 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Cuba’s centrally controlled and secret economy is throwing off signs that it cannot sustain… Read More

FIHAV International Business Fair in Havana Cuba information page

Posted June 23, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (2 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal We covered FIHAV 2009. Here is the translated text from the invitation to the International Fair of… Read More

Cuba related business organizations and Cuba trade information

Posted June 23, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal We have compiled a list of Cuba business and trade related organizations in Cuba and in the United… Read More

Port of Houston gets permission for shipping containers to Cuba

Posted April 28, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (0 comments)
Julian Aguila | Texas Tribune Texas is poised to become the nation’s leading trade partner with communist Cuba after the Port… Read More

Cuba to allow for small private retail barbers and hair salons

Posted April 13, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (15 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Communist Cuba is turning over hundreds of state-run barber shops and beauty salons to employees across… Read More

Cuba to close Ministry of Sugar, start new sugar corporation

Posted April 07, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (55 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal Speculation has it that the Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ) will be closed in the near future and be replaced… Read More

US House one vote away from easing ag sales and travel to Cuba

Posted March 31, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | Bloomberg The U.S. House of Representatives may pass a bill next… Read More

Cuba to close 100 farms, importing 80% of food now

Posted March 16, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (8 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal State run newspaper Granma reported that Cuba will close at least one hundred “inefficient”… Read More

US House hearing on agricultural sales to Cuba - video

Posted March 11, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (1 comments)
John McAuliff | Fund for Reconciliation and Development The US House of Representatives Agriculture Committee is having a hearing… Read More

Cuba to lease some retail businesses in Capitalism experiment

Posted March 11, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (4 comments)
By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuba nationalized all retail business in 1968, down to the shoe-shine shops, but in an attempt to stimulate… Read More

Russia to set up joint venture in Cuba for electric plant in Mariel

Posted March 10, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (0 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal The Russian news agency Itar-Tass is reporting that a Russian electricity company, RAO UES, will begin… Read More

Cuba offering payment plan to foreign business suppliers on debts owed

Posted March 02, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-World Trade (2 comments)
See my comments in bold By Marc Frank | Reuters Cuba is offering foreign businesses 2 percent annual interest over five years… Read More

*Havana Journal to soon require comments to be from members only

Posted February 12, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (6 comments)
Rob Sequin | Havana Journal The Havana Journal has seen a jump in traffic and membership registrations in the last several months.… Read More

State of Cuban economy

Posted February 11, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (125 comments)
By PAUL HAVEN | The Associated Press Cuba has slashed food and agriculture imports from the United States - its largest food supplier… Read More

Cuba opening peso restaurants and stores to phase out CUC currency

Posted February 01, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (33 comments)
Mark Frank | Reuters Retail outlets selling everything in Cuban pesos are popping up in Santiago de Cuba in what may be the Cuban… Read More

Roman Catholic Church warns about economic collapse in Cuba

Posted January 31, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (5 comments)
Agence France-Presse The Roman Catholic Church warned Sunday that Cuba is on the verge of an economic collapse that can only be… Read More

Havana city railroad gets repairs

Posted January 30, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (14 comments)
BY LOURDES PÉREZ NAVARRO | Granma Rail workers, with the skill of knowing where to place their feet after constant work on the… Read More

Leisure Canada seeks financing for Cuba hotel projects… again

Posted January 26, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-Canada Trade (12 comments)
Leisure Canada Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LCN) announced today that it has retained Dundee Securities Corporation (“Dundee Securities”)… Read More

Port of Houston begins weekly shipments of cargo to Cuba

Posted January 16, 2010 by publisher in Cuba-US Trade (5 comments)
Jenalia Moreno | Chron.com For the first time in nearly half a century, a shipping line will provide weekly transport from Houston’s… Read More

Clarinbridge files for OFAC license to buy Cuban seized US property claims

Posted January 06, 2010 by publisher in Business In Cuba (0 comments)
Juan O. Tamayo | The Miami Herald A group of foreign investors is seeking a U.S. government license to buy claims against Cuba,… Read More

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