<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567</id><updated>2012-02-10T22:19:38.769+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba Facts</title><subtitle type='html'>Economic News about Cuba.
Reports from the international press on Cuba's economy.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-10098193753767579</id><published>2012-02-09T23:07:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T23:07:18.592+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Avanza Cuba : Lo que se anuncia, se vende</title><summary type='text'>Avanza Cuba : Lo que se anuncia, se vendeCubanos de distintas latitudes se dieron cita en el programa radial, en calidad de expertos o nuevos comerciantes, para intercambiar sobre la importancia de la publicidad en el desarrollo de los negocios privados.martinoticias.com  08 de febrero de 2012Radio Martí trasmitió en la mañana de este miércoles la cuarta edición del programa especial Avanza Cuba </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/10098193753767579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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condiciones de la ayuda alemana</title><summary type='text'>Cuba no quiere aceptar las condiciones de la ayuda alemanaA pesar de sus intentos, Alemania no ha logrado normalizar las relaciones con la isla, pues el gobierno de La Habana insiste en dictar sus condiciones, negándole a los enviados alemanes el derecho a reunirse en Cuba con opositores al gobierno de Raúl Castro.martinoticias.com  09 de febrero de 2012A pesar de que la cooperación alemana y </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/535639075717427110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=535639075717427110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/535639075717427110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/535639075717427110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-no-quiere-aceptar-las-condiciones.html' title='Cuba no quiere aceptar las condiciones de la ayuda alemana'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1848075549501132966</id><published>2012-02-09T22:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T22:07:17.574+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Reformas en Cuba ponen al desnudo brecha entre clases sociales</title><summary type='text'>Reformas en Cuba ponen al desnudo brecha entre clases socialesjueves 9 de febrero de 2012 11:57 GYTLA HABANA (Reuters) - Tras décadas de igualitarismo promovido por su sistema socialista, Cuba está comenzando a ver el surgimiento de distintas clases sociales de la mano de la serie de reformas económicas lanzadas por el Gobierno para modernizar la economía.Aunque comunes en cualquier otro país, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1848075549501132966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1848075549501132966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1848075549501132966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1848075549501132966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/reformas-en-cuba-ponen-al-desnudo.html' title='Reformas en Cuba ponen al desnudo brecha entre clases sociales'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1094055896330329979</id><published>2012-02-09T21:16:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T21:16:10.367+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Chávez subsidia a Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Chávez subsidia a CubaGustavo ChopiteaJueves, 9 de febrero de 2012Si no fuera por Venezuela, Cuba estaría ya económicamente quebrada. "En la lona", entonces. Ocurre que su sistema colectivista, esto es marxista, simplemente no es viable. No lo fue nunca. Como no lo fue tampoco el de la Unión Soviética, que colapsara a fines de la década de los 80.Para mantener a Cuba precariamente a flote, aunque</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1094055896330329979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1094055896330329979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1094055896330329979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1094055896330329979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/chavez-subsidia-cuba.html' title='Chávez subsidia a Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5182298491044752235</id><published>2012-02-08T22:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T22:59:46.072+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Parlamentarios sudafricanos increpan a ministro por dinero a Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Parlamentarios sudafricanos increpan a ministro por dinero a CubaLos legisladores opositores sudafricanos afirman que La Habana tiene poco que ofrecer en materia comercial a Sudáfrica y acostumbra a no pagar las deudas.martinoticias.com  08 de febrero de 2012El partido sudafricano de oposición Alianza Democrática exigirá en el Parlamento al ministro de Comercio e Industria, Rob Davies, que </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5182298491044752235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5182298491044752235' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5182298491044752235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5182298491044752235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/parlamentarios-sudafricanos-increpan.html' title='Parlamentarios sudafricanos increpan a ministro por dinero a Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-9150364917885060768</id><published>2012-02-08T22:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T22:55:05.170+01:00</updated><title type='text'>25 años de bajos rendimientos cañeros</title><summary type='text'>25 años de bajos rendimientos cañerosLunes, 06 de Febrero de 2012 06:07Escrito por Osmar Laffita	Osmar LaffitaCapdevila, La Habana (PD) Uno de los principales problemas en la precipitada caída de la producción de azúcar en Cuba en estos último 25 años es la baja molida de caña.central_cubaEl caso más ilustrativo de ese desastre lo tenemos en la zafra 2009-2010, una de las más bajas de las dos </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/9150364917885060768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=9150364917885060768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/9150364917885060768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/9150364917885060768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/25-anos-de-bajos-rendimientos-caneros.html' title='25 años de bajos rendimientos cañeros'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3680340302733859747</id><published>2012-02-08T21:39:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T21:39:05.898+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Rusia planea enviar a Cuba piezas para ensamblaje de ómnibus</title><summary type='text'>TransportesRusia planea enviar a Cuba piezas para ensamblaje de ómnibusAgenciasMoscú 08-02-2012 - 9:02 pm.El grupo GAZ suministrará los chasis y la parte cubana proporcionará las carrocerías.El grupo automovilístico ruso GAZ podrá comenzar este año el suministro a Cuba de piezas para el ensamblaje de ómnibus, informó la agencia oficial RIA Novosti."Es posible que este año sean suministrados unos </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3680340302733859747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3680340302733859747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3680340302733859747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3680340302733859747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/rusia-planea-enviar-cuba-piezas-para.html' title='Rusia planea enviar a Cuba piezas para ensamblaje de ómnibus'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-979499688153035778</id><published>2012-02-08T16:04:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T16:04:25.672+01:00</updated><title type='text'>La CEPAL, optimista ante los cambios económicos en Cuba</title><summary type='text'>CEPAL, CambiosLa CEPAL, optimista ante los cambios económicos en CubaSegún Alicia Bárcena, secretaria ejecutiva del organismo latinoamericano, las políticas emprendidas en la Isla son atinadas para "poder cambiar sin rupturas" y, en particular, para que no se pierdan los logros del sistema cubano como la salud y la educaciónAgencias, La Habana | 08/02/2012La secretaria ejecutiva de la Comisión </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/979499688153035778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=979499688153035778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/979499688153035778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/979499688153035778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-cepal-optimista-ante-los-cambios.html' title='La CEPAL, optimista ante los cambios económicos en Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-237330455204199630</id><published>2012-02-07T23:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T23:47:35.991+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Repsol: plataforma petrolera corrigió fallas antes de perforar en aguas cubanas</title><summary type='text'>Repsol: plataforma petrolera corrigió fallas antes de perforar en aguas cubanasPor Wilfredo Cancio IslaLa compañía Repsol YPF aseguró este lunes que la plataforma petrolera Scarabeo 9 realizó todos los ajustes de seguridad tecnológica antes de comenzar a explorar frente a las costas de Cuba y su desempeño cumple actualmente con los estándares internacionales de perforación en aguas profundas."Las</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/237330455204199630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=237330455204199630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/237330455204199630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/237330455204199630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/repsol-plataforma-petrolera-corrigio.html' title='Repsol: plataforma petrolera corrigió fallas antes de perforar en aguas cubanas'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-6562952775886082390</id><published>2012-02-07T22:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T22:44:28.670+01:00</updated><title type='text'>South Africa: Cuban Bailout - Minister Davies Must Account to Parliament</title><summary type='text'>South Africa: Cuban Bailout - Minister Davies Must Account to Parliament6 February 2012press releaseThe South African government has wasted R600 million on sustaining the failed Cuban state, including what government has called a "solidarity grant". This follows a R1.4 billion Cuban bailout that President Zuma authorised in December 2010.When the Parliamentary session reconvenes, the Democratic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/6562952775886082390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=6562952775886082390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6562952775886082390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6562952775886082390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/south-africa-cuban-bailout-minister.html' title='South Africa: Cuban Bailout - Minister Davies Must Account to Parliament'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1789033698887153571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1789033698887153571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1789033698887153571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-modelo-de-inspiracion-para-los.html' title='Cuba modelo de inspiración para los economistas de América Latina'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7429358680217885460</id><published>2012-02-06T21:04:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T21:04:03.772+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Texas agricultural exports to Cuba continue growth</title><summary type='text'>Texas agricultural exports to Cuba continue growthFebruary 6, 2012 By: Blair FanninCOLLEGE STATION – Though tightly controlled, there are opportunities for Texas agricultural producers and businesses to capitalize on potential exports of food products to Cuba, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service economist.Dr. Parr Rosson, AgriLife Extension economist and director of the Center for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7429358680217885460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7429358680217885460' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7429358680217885460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7429358680217885460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/texas-agricultural-exports-to-cuba.html' title='Texas agricultural exports to Cuba continue growth'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1500894695926745467</id><published>2012-02-06T21:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T21:03:08.711+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba producing sugar with new technology</title><summary type='text'>Cuba producing sugar with new technologyLast Updated: Monday, February 06, 2012, 11:21Cuba producing sugar with new technology Havana: Cuba has begun to employ a new technology to produce white sugar, a measure that improves its quality, avoids the refining process and reduces the cost of manufacture, a media report said Sunday.The technology, which to date had never been used in the island's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1500894695926745467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1500894695926745467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1500894695926745467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1500894695926745467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-producing-sugar-with-new.html' title='Cuba producing sugar with new technology'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8749862540220555636</id><published>2012-02-06T21:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T21:01:01.258+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cuba - 02-2012</title><summary type='text'>Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cubaviernes 3 de febrero de 2012 16:57 GYTPor Jeff FranksLA HABANA (Reuters) - Cuba aplicará paulatinamente una reforma para terminar con la permanencia indefinida de funcionarios en cargos públicos, aunque el presidente Raúl Castro dejó en claro el pasado fin de semana que el país seguirá apostando al modelo político unipartidista.El Gobierno, dentro </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8749862540220555636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8749862540220555636' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8749862540220555636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8749862540220555636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/principales-riesgos-politicos-observar.html' title='Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cuba - 02-2012'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5572531688654830187</id><published>2012-02-06T20:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:47:14.605+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El verdadero mercado mayorista</title><summary type='text'>El verdadero mercado mayoristaLunes, 06 de Febrero de 2012 05:40Osmar LaffitaCapdevila, La Habana (PD) Se encuentra en la explanada ubicada frente a la fábrica de discos compactos y componentes electrónicos "Luz Producciones" que sirvió como depósito de contenedores, de la mencionada industria, en la Avenida 114 entre calle 59 y el puente de la Autopista Nacional, en el municipio </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5572531688654830187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5572531688654830187' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5572531688654830187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5572531688654830187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-verdadero-mercado-mayorista.html' title='El verdadero mercado mayorista'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7951467578705681038</id><published>2012-02-06T20:27:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:27:11.393+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Plataforma petrolera en aguas de Cuba presenta problemas</title><summary type='text'>Publicado el sábado, 02.04.12Si perforara en EEUU, no hubiera pasado inspecciónPlataforma petrolera en aguas de Cuba presenta problemasDavid GoodhueMCTTavernier, Florida -- A pesar de anunciar el mes pasado que la plataforma petrolera Scarabeo 9, que se encuentra actualmente en las aguas frente a Cuba tienen estándares de seguridad aceptables, funcionarios federales reconocieron esta semana que </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7951467578705681038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7951467578705681038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7951467578705681038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7951467578705681038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/plataforma-petrolera-en-aguas-de-cuba.html' title='Plataforma petrolera en aguas de Cuba presenta problemas'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1773946229190896426</id><published>2012-02-06T20:25:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:25:56.577+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El presidente de Repsol visitó Cuba por operaciones de plataforma petrolífera</title><summary type='text'>El presidente de Repsol visitó Cuba por operaciones de plataforma petrolífera03-02-2012 / 3:30: hLa Habana, 2 feb (EFE).- El presidente de Repsol YPF, Antonio Brufau, visitó esta semana Cuba con motivo de las operaciones de la plataforma petrolífera contratada por su compañía para perforar en aguas profundas del Golfo de México, confirmaron hoy a Efe fuentes de la empresa </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1773946229190896426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1773946229190896426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1773946229190896426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1773946229190896426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-presidente-de-repsol-visito-cuba-por.html' title='El presidente de Repsol visitó Cuba por operaciones de plataforma petrolífera'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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Sus manifestaciones, aun cuando no me sorprendieron, pusieron al desnudo, una vez más, la incapacidad del </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2034383038406201510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2034383038406201510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2034383038406201510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2034383038406201510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/caos-y-velo.html' title='Caos y velo'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4652108848538592072</id><published>2012-02-06T20:12:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:12:37.018+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pequeños empresarios florecen en La Habana</title><summary type='text'>EconomíaPequeños empresarios florecen en La HabanaIván GarcíaLa Habana 05-02-2012 - 11:40 pm.Dueños de pequeñas flotas de taxis privados, de casas de alquiler o de puestos de venta, aún recelan del gobierno.Compradores en una tienda privada de DVDs. (REUTERS, La Habana, febrero de 2012)Pasada las seis de la tarde, Carlos, de 48 años, mira distraído su Seiko dorado y se da un largo trago de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4652108848538592072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4652108848538592072' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4652108848538592072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4652108848538592072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/pequenos-empresarios-florecen-en-la.html' title='Pequeños empresarios florecen en La Habana'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2112010931985426126</id><published>2012-02-06T20:10:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:10:40.525+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Pobre comienzo de la zafra azucarera 2012</title><summary type='text'>AgriculturaPobre comienzo de la zafra azucarera 2012AgenciasLa Habana 06-02-2012 - 6:16 pm.La cosecha azucarera tuvo un pobre comienzo en enero con solo dos de las 13 provincias productoras cumpliendo sus metas de molienda, reportó la prensa estatal el fin de semana, informó Reuters."Cienfuegos y Sancti Spíritus son las provincias que están cumpliendo; el resto no lo está haciendo", criticó el </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2112010931985426126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2112010931985426126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2112010931985426126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2112010931985426126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/pobre-comienzo-de-la-zafra-azucarera.html' title='Pobre comienzo de la zafra azucarera 2012'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2725252925082211822</id><published>2012-02-06T20:09:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:09:56.131+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El intercambio entre Cuba y República Dominicana creció un 45 por ciento en 2011</title><summary type='text'>ComercioEl intercambio entre Cuba y República Dominicana creció un 45 por ciento en 2011AgenciasSanto Domingo 06-02-2012 - 9:55 am.Sin embargo, es de apenas unos 61 millones de dólares, que Santo Domingo quiere llevar a 700.El intercambio comercial entre República Dominicana y Cuba creció en 2011 un 45% con respecto al año anterior. Sin embargo, fue solo de 61,36 millones de dólares, de los </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2725252925082211822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2725252925082211822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2725252925082211822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2725252925082211822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-intercambio-entre-cuba-y-republica.html' title='El intercambio entre Cuba y República Dominicana creció un 45 por ciento en 2011'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5204843233113663973</id><published>2012-02-06T20:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-06T20:06:33.513+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Expertos dudan de la seguridad de la plataforma petrolera Scarabeo 9</title><summary type='text'>PetróleoExpertos dudan de la seguridad de la plataforma petrolera Scarabeo 9El DOI encontró soldaduras que no eran seguras y un cableado incompleto en los sistemas de seguridad que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos demandaría que fueran arreglados antes de permitir que la plataforma operara en áreas controladas por EEUU en el Estrecho de la Florida o el Golfo de MéxicoRedacción CE, Madrid | 06/02/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5204843233113663973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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plataforma petrolera que se encuentra en aguas cubanas tiene problemas</title><summary type='text'>La plataforma petrolera que se encuentra en aguas cubanas tiene problemas[06-02-2012]Redacción de Misceláneas de Cuba(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- La plataforma petrolera Scarabeo 9, que se encuentra en aguas cubanas para hacer perforaciones en la plataforma marítima, presenta problemas de seguridad, informa el periodico El Nuevo Herald.En declaraciones ante un panel de la Cámara de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/6724758283001446337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=6724758283001446337' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6724758283001446337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6724758283001446337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-plataforma-petrolera-que-se.html' title='La plataforma petrolera que se encuentra en aguas cubanas tiene problemas'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7724477389590307371</id><published>2012-02-05T22:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T22:00:40.482+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ricardo Alarcón: "La CIA tiene la razón sobre Cuba"</title><summary type='text'>Ricardo Alarcón: "La CIA tiene la razón sobre Cuba"Por Redacción CaféFuerteEl presidente del Parlamento cubano, Ricardo Alarcón, sorprendió este miércoles a la teleaudiencia del programa Mesa Redonda con una declaración inusitada: la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA) tiene razón respecto a Cuba."Yo me pregunto: si la CIA nos da la razón, ¿hay que ocultarlo?", se cuestionó Alarcón, quien </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7724477389590307371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7724477389590307371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7724477389590307371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7724477389590307371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/ricardo-alarcon-la-cia-tiene-la-razon.html' title='Ricardo Alarcón: &quot;La CIA tiene la razón sobre Cuba&quot;'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3899642675942674592</id><published>2012-02-05T20:54:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T20:54:23.139+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba produce azúcar con nueva tecnología</title><summary type='text'>Cuba produce azúcar con nueva tecnologíaEFEDomingo, 5 de Febrero de 2012 - 16:31 h.La Habana, 5 feb (EFECOM).- Cuba ha comenzado a aplicar una nueva tecnología para producir azúcar blanco directo, que mejora su calidad, evita el proceso de refinado y reduce los costes de fabricación, han informado hoy medios locales.Esa técnica, que hasta ahora no se había utilizado en la industria azucarera de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1456647598353651435</id><published>2012-02-05T20:53:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T20:53:28.736+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Unos 93.000 cubanos se interesaron por nuevos créditos en primer mes vigencia</title><summary type='text'>Unos 93.000 cubanos se interesaron por nuevos créditos en primer mes vigenciaEFEViernes, 20 de Enero de 2012 - 2:36 h.La Habana, 19 ene (EFECOM).- Los bancos cubanos atendieron a casi 93.000 personas interesadas en las nuevas modalidades de créditos a particulares y otros servicios bancarios que entraron en vigor hace un mes, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales.Las sucursales de la isla recogieron </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1456647598353651435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1456647598353651435' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1456647598353651435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1456647598353651435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/unos-93000-cubanos-se-interesaron-por.html' title='Unos 93.000 cubanos se interesaron por nuevos créditos en primer mes vigencia'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8411086687328289623</id><published>2012-02-05T20:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T20:52:36.042+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bacardí cumple 150 años con el orgullo de su herencia cubana</title><summary type='text'>Bacardí cumple 150 años con el orgullo de su herencia cubanaEFEMartes, 24 de Enero de 2012 - 14:27 h.Emilio J. LópezMiami (EEUU), 24 ene (EFECOM).- La marca de ron de origen cubano más famosa y vendida del mundo, Bacardí, está a punto de celebrar 150 años de historia, en la que se anuda la experiencia del exilio con incontables galardones, una expansión empresarial vertiginosa y el sueño de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8411086687328289623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8411086687328289623' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8411086687328289623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8411086687328289623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/bacardi-cumple-150-anos-con-el-orgullo.html' title='Bacardí cumple 150 años con el orgullo de su herencia cubana'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1316045399411252835</id><published>2012-02-05T20:28:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T20:28:13.504+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba Denies Exit to Pro-Democracy Blogger Invited by Brazil</title><summary type='text'>Cuba Denies Exit to Pro-Democracy Blogger Invited by BrazilFebruary 05, 2012, 1:43 AM EST	By Joshua Goodman(Updates with Sanchez's comments in fourth paragraph.)Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Cuba's best-known pro-democracy blogger said she was denied permission to leave her country after Brazil granted her a visa ahead of President Dilma Rousseff's state visit to the communist island last week."There's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1316045399411252835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1316045399411252835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1316045399411252835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1316045399411252835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-denies-exit-to-pro-democracy.html' title='Cuba Denies Exit to Pro-Democracy Blogger Invited by Brazil'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2504381607933353501</id><published>2012-02-05T20:23:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T20:23:52.416+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba says imports from US off sharply in 2010</title><summary type='text'>Cuba says imports from US off sharply in 2010ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated PressUpdated 02:57 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2012	HAVANA (AP) — Cuban imports from the United States fell sharply in 2010 while the country increasingly turned to trade with ally Venezuela, according to newly released government statistics.The government also announced that agricultural food prices rose 20 percent last </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2504381607933353501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2504381607933353501' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2504381607933353501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2504381607933353501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-says-imports-from-us-off-sharply.html' title='Cuba says imports from US off sharply in 2010'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3312692859636240612</id><published>2012-02-05T19:46:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:46:35.320+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Spain's Repsol begins Cuba offshore drilling-sources</title><summary type='text'>Spain's Repsol begins Cuba offshore drilling-sourcesReutersBy Jeff Franks | Reuters – Thu, Feb 2, 2012HAVANA (Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol YPF has begun drilling the first well in Cuba's long-awaited exploration of offshore oilfields that the communist country says hold both billions of barrels of oil and the key to greater prosperity, industry sources told Reuters on Thursday.The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3312692859636240612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3312692859636240612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3312692859636240612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3312692859636240612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/spains-repsol-begins-cuba-offshore.html' title='Spain&apos;s Repsol begins Cuba offshore drilling-sources'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-6651920134964782775</id><published>2012-02-05T19:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:43:03.990+01:00</updated><title type='text'>SA and Cuba strike a deal for grants and R210m loan</title><summary type='text'>SA and Cuba strike a deal for grants and R210m loanTrade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Cuba's ambassador to South Africa sign a document aimed at stimulating trade between the two countriesSTAFF REPORTERPublished: 2012/02/03 04:47:51 PMSOUTH Africa on Friday formalised a R350m economic aid agreement with Cuba.At a ceremony in Pretoria, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Angela </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/6651920134964782775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=6651920134964782775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6651920134964782775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6651920134964782775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/sa-and-cuba-strike-deal-for-grants-and.html' title='SA and Cuba strike a deal for grants and R210m loan'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7354050377618264660</id><published>2012-02-05T19:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:30:45.316+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba reports big increase in food prices</title><summary type='text'>Cuba reports big increase in food pricesBy Marc FrankHAVANA | Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:09pm EST(Reuters) - Cubans paid almost 20 percent more for food in 2011 as economic reforms, reduced imports and stagnating farm production touched off price inflation at the country's many produce markets.The National Statistics Office reported on its website (ONE.CU) that meat prices rose 8.7 percent while produce </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7354050377618264660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7354050377618264660' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7354050377618264660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7354050377618264660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-reports-big-increase-in-food.html' title='Cuba reports big increase in food prices'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-699746133509923565</id><published>2012-02-05T19:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:19:23.867+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Key political risks to watch in Cuba - 02-2012</title><summary type='text'>Key political risks to watch in CubaBy Jeff FranksHAVANA | Fri Feb 3, 2012 10:57am ESTFeb 3 (Reuters) - Cuba is opening the door to private management of some state-run cafes and food service outlets in an apparent test of further reforms aimed at keeping the island one of the world's last communist countries.The government said food prices rose nearly 20 percent in 2011 in a warning sign that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/699746133509923565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=699746133509923565' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/699746133509923565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/699746133509923565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/key-political-risks-to-watch-in-cuba-02.html' title='Key political risks to watch in Cuba - 02-2012'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2374949479981800586</id><published>2012-02-05T19:17:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:17:57.568+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Make Repsol "bleed" if Cuban well leaks: lawmaker</title><summary type='text'>Make Repsol "bleed" if Cuban well leaks: lawmakerBy Jane SuttonMIAMI | Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:19pm EST(Reuters) - Since the United States couldn't stop Repsol from drilling for oil off Cuba's coast, it should make the Spanish oil giant pay dearly for damages from any spill that threatens neighboring Florida, a congressional Republican said on Monday."We need to figure out what we can do to inflict </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2374949479981800586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2374949479981800586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2374949479981800586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2374949479981800586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/make-repsol-bleed-if-cuban-well-leaks.html' title='Make Repsol &quot;bleed&quot; if Cuban well leaks: lawmaker'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-6470042070905376156</id><published>2012-02-05T19:07:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:07:54.456+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Orlando gets permission for Cuba flights</title><summary type='text'>Posted on Thursday, 02.02.12Orlando gets permission for Cuba flightsThe Associated PressORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando International Airport has received permission to offer air service to Cuba.Airport officials said Wednesday that their application was approved by federal authorities.There are no scheduled flights at this time.http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/02/2620546/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/6470042070905376156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=6470042070905376156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6470042070905376156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/6470042070905376156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/orlando-gets-permission-for-cuba.html' title='Orlando gets permission for Cuba flights'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1837664553850859776</id><published>2012-02-05T19:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T19:06:49.733+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Private Cuban video shows corruption cases</title><summary type='text'>Posted on Wednesday, 02.01.12Private Cuban video shows corruption casesTop officials are getting private showings of a video that purportedly details ongoing corruption investigations.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.comThe Cuban government is summoning top loyalists to private showings of a video on the evils of corruption, singled out by ruler Raúl Castro in many speeches as the main </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1837664553850859776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1837664553850859776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1837664553850859776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1837664553850859776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/private-cuban-video-shows-corruption.html' title='Private Cuban video shows corruption cases'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1857575485671119459</id><published>2012-02-04T19:51:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T19:51:48.722+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Reducen salario a empleados de higiene</title><summary type='text'>Reducen salario a empleados de higieneViernes, Febrero 3, 2012 | Por Carlos Ríos OteroLA HABANA, Cuba, 3 de febrero (C/R Otero, www.cubanet.org ) – A partir de febrero, los empleados de higiene encargados de la limpieza de las calles de La Habana, han sufrido una drástica reducción de su salario. De 594 pesos (30 dólares) mensuales que devengaban, el sueldo ha sido reducido a 342 pesos (17 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1857575485671119459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1857575485671119459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1857575485671119459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1857575485671119459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/reducen-salario-empleados-de-higiene.html' title='Reducen salario a empleados de higiene'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1075361279841755019</id><published>2012-02-04T19:42:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T19:42:31.329+01:00</updated><title type='text'>México busca una agenda económica 'robusta' con La Habana</title><summary type='text'>DiplomaciaMéxico busca una agenda económica 'robusta' con La HabanaAgenciasLa Habana 04-02-2012 - 12:21 pm.El Gobierno de Felipe Calderón dice estar satisfecho con el acuerdo migratorio que le permite devolver cubanos indocumentados a la Isla.México mira con confianza su relación con La Habana y ambos gobiernos buscan construir "una agenda robusta, sobre todo en el área económica", afirmó este </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1075361279841755019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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comenzó perforación petrolera de primer pozo en aguas fuera de Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Petróleo, EconomíaRepsol comenzó perforación petrolera de primer pozo en aguas fuera de CubaEl equipo está operando desde la noche del martes en aguas ultraprofundas, a unos 5.600 pies, y a unas 30 millas al noroeste de La HabanaAgencias, La Habana | 02/02/2012La petrolera española Repsol-YPF comenzó la perforación del primer pozo en aguas profundas de Cuba, dijeron fuentes de la industria, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3304836466277682703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3304836466277682703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3304836466277682703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3304836466277682703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/repsol-comenzo-perforacion-petrolera-de.html' title='Repsol comenzó perforación petrolera de primer pozo en aguas fuera de Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5345014143678322383</id><published>2012-02-03T21:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:47:16.794+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El régimen duplica el comercio con Venezuela y descienden compras a EEUU</title><summary type='text'>Comercio, EconomíaEl régimen duplica el comercio con Venezuela y descienden compras a EEUUEl intercambio con Caracas llegó en 2010 a los 6.027 millones de dólares, contra los 3.385 informados de 2009, según la ONE, que debió dar las cifras del año vencido en 2011Agencias, La Habana | 01/02/2012El intercambio comercial entre La Habana y Caracas casi se duplicó a lo largo de 2010, hasta alcanzar </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5345014143678322383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5345014143678322383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5345014143678322383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5345014143678322383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-regimen-duplica-el-comercio-con.html' title='El régimen duplica el comercio con Venezuela y descienden compras a EEUU'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-265844712866207603</id><published>2012-02-03T21:45:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:45:20.487+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Entran en vigor nuevas tarifas en telefonía móvil y la eliminación de costes por recibir llamadas</title><summary type='text'>TelecomunicacionesEntran en vigor nuevas tarifas en telefonía móvil y la eliminación de costes por recibir llamadasEl coste del minuto por llamada pasa de 0,60 a 0,45 CUC, y se ha establecido una reducción del 44% en la mensajería de textoRedacción CE, Madrid | 01/02/2012Este miércoles entró en vigor en Cuba la rebaja de las tarifas del servicio de mensajería y la eliminación definitiva de los </summary><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2835195813075533790</id><published>2012-02-03T21:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:44:15.336+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Los cubanos pagaron un 20 % más por alimentos en 2011</title><summary type='text'>Cambios, EconomíaLos cubanos pagaron un 20 % más por alimentos en 2011La producción agrícola creció solo un 2 % el año pasado, se mantiene por debajo de los niveles alcanzados en 2005Agencias, La Habana | 01/02/2012Los cubanos pagaron casi un 20 % más en la compra de alimentos en el 2011, debido a que las reformas económicas, la reducción de las importaciones y el estancamiento de la producción </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2835195813075533790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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“arroz, leche y manufacturas”</title><summary type='text'>ComercioCuba comprará a Ecuador "arroz, leche y manufacturas"Por su parte Ecuador tiene interés en comprar a la Isla bienes y servicios y abrir una planta para producir genéricos y otro tipo de medicamentos por un valor superior a los 300 millones de dólares. Este proyecto forma parte de los acuerdos suscritos entre los dos gobiernosRedacción CE, Madrid | 31/01/2012Las negociaciones para que Cuba</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/530969828037537146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=530969828037537146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/530969828037537146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/530969828037537146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/cuba-comprara-ecuador-arroz-leche-y.html' title='Cuba comprará a Ecuador “arroz, leche y manufacturas”'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7226132038024238358</id><published>2012-02-03T21:20:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:20:10.110+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Obras del Mariel, la oportunidad de Cuba para centralizar comercio de la región</title><summary type='text'>ComercioObras del Mariel, la oportunidad de Cuba para centralizar comercio de la regiónSegún las autoridades cubanas, una vez concluya su remodelación, el Puerto del Mariel permitirá "una logística y una organización eficiente" del comercio, las exportaciones e importaciones, aprovechar la posición geográfica de Cuba como la "llave del Golfo", y convertirse en un centro regional de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7226132038024238358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>Aeropuerto de Orlando podrá operar vuelos a Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Viajes a CubaAeropuerto de Orlando podrá operar vuelos a CubaPor ahora no hay planes de vuelos específicos, pero la autorización del gobierno de EEUU "posiciona al aeropuerto para desarrollar oportunidades de servicio en el futuro", según directivo de AviaciónRedacción CE, Madrid | 02/02/2012La oficina de Aduanas y Protección de Fronteras de Estados Unidos notificó esta semana la autorización al </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7843885290035541667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7843885290035541667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7843885290035541667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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desvíos de fondos, desfalcos y cohecho, así como otros delitos contra el EstadoAgencias, La Habana | 02/02/2012Funcionarios de mediano rango del Gobierno cubano y militantes del Partido Comunista de Cuba (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3401261189667374100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3401261189667374100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3401261189667374100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3401261189667374100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-gobierno-circula-entre-funcionarios.html' title='El Gobierno circula entre funcionarios un video sobre “casos de corrupción”'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1584507367233477446</id><published>2012-02-03T21:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T21:06:13.334+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cálculos mal realizados</title><summary type='text'>EconomíaCálculos mal realizadosPaíses con territorios muy extensos y mayores obstáculos naturales que Cuba poseen tasas de electrificación superiores, como Chile, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Brasil y Trinidad y Tobago, o similares, como el caso de Argentina, Uruguay, República Dominicana y EcuadorOscar Espinosa Chepe, La Habana | 25/01/2012La capacidad de generación eléctrica de Cuba actualmente </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1584507367233477446/comments/default' 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type='text'>Producir azúcar para Brasil? Bueno, ya veremos</title><summary type='text'>¿Producir azúcar para Brasil? Bueno, ya veremos[31-01-2012]Elías Amor BravoEconomista ULC(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Gran expectación mediática con la visita de la presidenta de Brasil al régimen castrista. Los defensores de la línea de cambios que viene introduciendo Raúl Castro ya se han apresurado a realizar una valoración muy positiva del impacto de esta visita que, parece haber tenido ya </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2256086306346913913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2256086306346913913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2256086306346913913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2256086306346913913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/producir-azucar-para-brasil-bueno-ya.html' title='Producir azúcar para Brasil? Bueno, ya veremos'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8137266269993845616</id><published>2012-02-03T15:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T15:34:13.921+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Los altos precios de los productos del agro</title><summary type='text'>Los altos precios de los productos del agro[22-01-2012]Dania Virgen GarcíaPeriodista Independiente(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Desde hace varios meses los productos del agro no bajan de precio. Menos aun bajarán después que el gobierno autorizó que se vendieran estos productos directamente al turismo.Por sus elevados precios, estos productos no están al alcance de un trabajador promedio, cuyo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8137266269993845616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8137266269993845616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8137266269993845616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8137266269993845616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/los-altos-precios-de-los-productos-del.html' title='Los altos precios de los productos del agro'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2446042907729903346</id><published>2012-02-03T14:58:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T14:58:52.930+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Corrupción en una empresa de mercados agropecuarios</title><summary type='text'>Corrupción en una empresa de mercados agropecuarios[03-02-2012]Dania Virgen GarcíaPeriodista IndependienteEsta foto muestra claramente cómo dejan que se pudran los plátanos para vendérselos a la empresa que compra alimentos descompuestos para alimentar a los cerdos. Foto: cortesía de Dania Virgen García.(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Genaro Carmona Ibáñez, vive en Serafina número 219, entre Alacía</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2446042907729903346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2446042907729903346' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2446042907729903346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2446042907729903346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/02/corrupcion-en-una-empresa-de-mercados.html' title='Corrupción en una empresa de mercados agropecuarios'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5250368554996141603</id><published>2012-01-12T23:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T23:06:30.443+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Migración, costos y beneficios</title><summary type='text'>Migración, costos y beneficiosFernando Ravsberg | 2012-01-12, 11:03Refiriéndose a los cambios que se esperan en la política migratoria un colega cubanoamericano escribió que "no solamente es absurdo, sino totalmente irresponsable, pensar que Cuba debe abrir las puertas de sus fronteras de par en par".Ciertamente ningún país abre "sus fronteras de par en par" pero lo que se discute hoy en Cuba no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5250368554996141603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5250368554996141603' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5250368554996141603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5250368554996141603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/migracion-costos-y-beneficios.html' title='Migración, costos y beneficios'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3028363836213959919</id><published>2012-01-12T20:05:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T20:05:19.853+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Migration Costs and Benefits for Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Migration Costs and Benefits for CubaJanuary 12, 2012Fernando RavsbergHAVANA TIMES, Jan 12 — Referring to the expected changes in immigration policy, a Cuban-American colleague wrote: "Not only is it absurd, but it is totally irresponsible to think that Cuba must open the doors to its borders wide open." (1).Certainly no country opens "its borders wide open," but that's not what's being discussed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3028363836213959919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3028363836213959919' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3028363836213959919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3028363836213959919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/migration-costs-and-benefits-for-cuba.html' title='Migration Costs and Benefits for Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8590829856558334754</id><published>2012-01-12T00:15:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:15:08.609+01:00</updated><title type='text'>En campo de Cuba nace un nuevo hombre de negocios</title><summary type='text'>En campo de Cuba nace un nuevo hombre de negocios11 de enero de 2012 • 10:45Guáimaro, a 650 kilómetros al este de La Habana, es un pequeño pueblo situado a lo largo de la Carretera Central de Cuba, famoso por ser el sitio donde se firmó la primera Constitución de la isla durante la guerra de independencia con España.Por estos días, el pueblo habla de otro tipo de independencia en la Cuba </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8590829856558334754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8590829856558334754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8590829856558334754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8590829856558334754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-campo-de-cuba-nace-un-nuevo-hombre.html' title='En campo de Cuba nace un nuevo hombre de negocios'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5807517088660299881</id><published>2012-01-11T22:17:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T22:17:09.925+01:00</updated><title type='text'>La eterna cadena</title><summary type='text'>La eterna cadenaMiércoles, Enero 11, 2012 | Por Oscar Espinosa ChepeLA HABANA, Cuba, enero, www.cubanet.org -De nuevo ha ocupado lugares estelares en el debate oficial  las demoras en  los cobros y los pagos entre las empresas e instituciones,  y de algunas de ellas con el sector privado.  Este fenómeno ha estado presente en la economía permanentemente a lo largo de los años y con intensidad se </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5807517088660299881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5807517088660299881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5807517088660299881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5807517088660299881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-eterna-cadena.html' title='La eterna cadena'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5860015614707562571</id><published>2012-01-11T20:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T20:43:48.403+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba takes baby steps toward capitalism</title><summary type='text'>Cuba takes baby steps toward capitalism5:30 AM Wednesday Jan 11, 2012Communist country's embrace of free market not an unmitigated successA year at the vanguard of Cuba's economic revival has not brought Julio Cesar Hidalgo riches. The fledgling pizzeria owner has had his good months, but the restaurant he opened with his girlfriend often runs at a loss. At times, they can't afford to buy basic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5860015614707562571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5860015614707562571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5860015614707562571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5860015614707562571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-takes-baby-steps-toward-capitalism.html' title='Cuba takes baby steps toward capitalism'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8248849790913831281</id><published>2012-01-11T20:38:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T20:38:50.063+01:00</updated><title type='text'>In Cuba's hinterland a businessman is born</title><summary type='text'>In Cuba's hinterland a businessman is bornBy Marc FrankGUAIMARO, Cuba | Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:06am EST(Reuters) - Guaimaro, just one of many small poor and dusty towns along Cuba's sparsely travelled central highway, is best known as the spot where the island's first constitution was signed during the independence war with Spain.These days the talk of the town is about a different sort of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8248849790913831281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8248849790913831281' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8248849790913831281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8248849790913831281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/in-cubas-hinterland-businessman-is-born.html' title='In Cuba&apos;s hinterland a businessman is born'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-504807831827007202</id><published>2012-01-11T18:35:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T18:35:36.056+01:00</updated><title type='text'>US says offshore oil drill to be deployed in Cuba is OK</title><summary type='text'>Posted on Wednesday, 01.11.12US says offshore oil drill to be deployed in Cuba is OKBy Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.comU.S. Coast Guard and environmental safety officials have inspected and OK'd an offshore oil drilling platform headed to Cuba, under an unusual arrangement designed to allay concerns about a possible spill that could foul the U.S. coastline.The inspection of the Scarabeo-9 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/504807831827007202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=504807831827007202' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/504807831827007202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/504807831827007202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-says-offshore-oil-drill-to-be.html' title='US says offshore oil drill to be deployed in Cuba is OK'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5394955398283221257</id><published>2012-01-10T23:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T23:23:04.441+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EE UU: 'Plataforma petrolera para Cuba cumple con los estándares'</title><summary type='text'>EnergíaEE UU: 'Plataforma petrolera para Cuba cumple con los estándares'AgenciasWashington 10-01-2012 - 1:40 am.La inspección a la Scarabeo-9 cubrió todo, desde el equipo de perforación y sistemas de seguridad, hasta generadores y la válvula obturadora para evitar explosiones.Una inspección de Estados Unidos a una plataforma de perforación petrolera de fabricación china en aguas de Cuba determinó</summary><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4970444798464999120</id><published>2012-01-10T22:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T22:29:07.115+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Florece mercado de viviendas en provincias de Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Florece mercado de viviendas en provincias de Cubalunes 9 de nero de 2012 16:37 GYTPor Marc FrankSANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (Reuters) - Cientos de carteles escritos a mano pegados en las puertas y ventanas de las casas anuncian "se vende" en las ciudades y pueblos de toda Cuba en un naciente mercado inmobiliario que comienza a florecer.Los compradores caminan por las calles buscando las casas en </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4970444798464999120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4970444798464999120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4970444798464999120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4970444798464999120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/florece-mercado-de-viviendas-en.html' title='Florece mercado de viviendas en provincias de Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8868202633205517125</id><published>2012-01-10T21:49:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T21:49:19.497+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Publicación de bienes raíces en EEUU mira al mercado cubano</title><summary type='text'>Publicación de bienes raíces en EEUU mira al mercado cubanoPublicado el Martes, 10 Enero 2012 02:27Por Café Fuerte	Una influyente promotora del negocio inmobilitario en Estados Unidos visitó recientemente Cuba, interesada por conocer el panorama del mercado de bienes raíces en la isla tras los cambios implementados por el gobierno de Raúl Castro.Wendy Cole, editora de la revista REALTOR, viajó a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8868202633205517125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8868202633205517125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8868202633205517125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8868202633205517125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/publicacion-de-bienes-raices-en-eeuu.html' title='Publicación de bienes raíces en EEUU mira al mercado cubano'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4901356428394694447</id><published>2012-01-10T16:36:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-10T16:36:07.801+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuban official calls to reduce food imports</title><summary type='text'>Cuban official calls to reduce food importsUpdated: 2012-01-10 10:45(Xinhua)HAVANA - Cuba should reduce its increasing food imports, Vice President Esteban Lazo was quoted as saying by official daily Granma on Monday.Lazo made the remarks during his visit to the La Yaraguana farm, one of the major agricultural centers in the country's eastern province of Holguin.Lazo said Cuba should develop its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4901356428394694447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4901356428394694447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4901356428394694447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4901356428394694447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuban-official-calls-to-reduce-food.html' title='Cuban official calls to reduce food imports'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image 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rig heading for Cuba drilling meets standards</title><summary type='text'>Feds say rig heading for Cuba drilling meets standardsBy Puneet Kollipara, WASHINGTON BUREAUPublished 10:15 p.m., Monday, January 9, 2012WASHINGTON - Federal officials said Monday that a drilling rig heading for Cuban waters near Florida to explore for oil and gas generally meets international and U.S. standards.Officials with the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/454399957462289011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=454399957462289011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/454399957462289011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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involucrado en las tareas de inspección "encontró que la instalación cumple en general con los estándares internacionales y estadounidenses existentes que Repsol (empresa petrolera española) se ha comprometido a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/177456978548467156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=177456978548467156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/177456978548467156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/177456978548467156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/expertos-estadounidenses-concluyen.html' title='Expertos estadounidenses concluyen inspección de la plataforma petrolera Scarabeo-9'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8694798028277934087</id><published>2012-01-09T19:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T19:40:13.295+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Perspectivas de la economía cubana en 2012 (II-Final)</title><summary type='text'>EconomíaPerspectivas de la economía cubana en 2012 (II-Final)La Primera Conferencia del Partido Comunista de Cuba se efectuará el 28 de enero, en la cual según el proyecto de documento publicado se mantendrán los dogmas y el no reconocimiento de que ese partido es el responsable del desastre nacional impuesto a todos los cubanosOscar Espinosa Chepe, La Habana | 09/01/2012A los serios problemas </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2215120488669425374</id><published>2012-01-09T19:38:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T19:38:38.430+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Campesinos cubanos suscriben primeros contratos para venta directa a hoteles</title><summary type='text'>AgriculturaCampesinos cubanos suscriben primeros contratos para venta directa a hotelesAl cierre del 23 de diciembre se contabilizaron 71 contratos suscritos entre productores agrícolas y entidades hoteleras ubicadas en los más importantes polos turísticos del país como el balneario de Varadero, La Habana y las provincias orientales de Camagüey y GranmaEFE, La Habana | 09/01/2012Campesinos y </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2215120488669425374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>Científico se queja de la falta de inversiones en centros de investigación</title><summary type='text'>SociedadCientífico se queja de la falta de inversiones en centros de investigaciónDDCLa Habana 07-01-2012 - 7:16 pm.La mayoría de las 'soluciones' que aportan los estudiosos terminan 'engavetadas', añade.El director del Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Materiales (IMRE) de la Universidad de La Habana, doctor en Ciencias Ernesto Estévez Rams, se quejó al diario oficial Granma de la falta de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2291523093987520393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2291523093987520393' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2291523093987520393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2291523093987520393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cientifico-se-queja-de-la-falta-de.html' title='Científico se queja de la falta de inversiones en centros de investigación'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2408431703469984577</id><published>2012-01-07T20:59:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T20:59:29.719+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba publishes regulations on loans for house building</title><summary type='text'>Cuba publishes regulations on loans for house building2012-01-05 03:34:53 GMT2012-01-05 11:34:53(Beijing Time)  Xinhua EnglishHAVANA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cuba on Wednesday published regulations for granting loans to individuals for house building and purchase of construction materials, the official daily Granma reported.Under the new decree, which will come into force on Jan. 15, Cuban nationals </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2408431703469984577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2408431703469984577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2408431703469984577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2408431703469984577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-publishes-regulations-on-loans-for.html' title='Cuba publishes regulations on loans for house building'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2355450532728302633</id><published>2012-01-07T20:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T20:43:15.792+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Impuestos en Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Impuestos en Cuba01:16 07/01/2012LA HABANA.- Unos 190.000 trabajadores privados, un número incrementado por el reciente impulso al empleo privado, deberán presentar antes de fines de marzo su declaración jurada sobre Ingresos Personales, un sistema de control tributario implementado por las autoridades de Cuba.Según la Oficina Nacional de Administración Tributaria (ONAT), el cumplimiento de estas</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2355450532728302633/comments/default' 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pide a los cubanos trabajar mejor, con más eficiencia y ahorro</title><summary type='text'>Economía, CambiosEsteban Lazo pide a los cubanos trabajar mejor, con más eficiencia y ahorroEl Vicepresidente del Consejo de Estado dijo que "El pueblo cubano tiene bienes inexistentes en otras naciones, como los servicios de salud, educación, cultura y seguridad social para todos", que pueden mantenerse "si todos los aptos trabajan y reciben en correspondencia con sus aportes"Redacción CE, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2931222787779027783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2931222787779027783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2931222787779027783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2931222787779027783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/esteban-lazo-pide-los-cubanos-trabajar.html' title='Esteban Lazo pide a los cubanos trabajar mejor, con más eficiencia y ahorro'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2455518742453289124</id><published>2012-01-06T17:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T17:00:45.133+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Perspectivas de la economía cubana en el 2012 (I)</title><summary type='text'>2012, Economía, CambiosPerspectivas de la economía cubana en el 2012 (I)El año comienza sin que las autoridades hayan dado pasos decisivos en la implantación de las reformas urgentemente requeridasOscar Espinosa Chepe, La Habana | 06/01/2012La economía cubana tendrá muchos obstáculos y retos en 2012; unos de carácter interno y otros a causa del entorno internacional cargado de incertidumbres y </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2455518742453289124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2455518742453289124' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2455518742453289124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2455518742453289124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/perspectivas-de-la-economia-cubana-en.html' title='Perspectivas de la economía cubana en el 2012 (I)'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3185102467270635681</id><published>2012-01-05T22:16:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T22:16:43.038+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ineficiencia agrícola dispara importaciones en Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Publicado el jueves, 01.05.12Ineficiencia agrícola dispara importaciones en CubaAgence France PresseLA HABANA -- Cuba registró en el 2011 una baja producción de frijol, uno de los alimentos más importantes de la canasta básica del país, lo que le obligó a importar más de 30,000 toneladas del grano y a desembolsar $25 millones, criticó el miércoles el diario oficial Granma.La producción se afectó </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2589327426389810851</id><published>2012-01-05T21:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T21:47:22.599+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba: piden a Raúl Castro "más audacia" para captar inversiones extranjeras</title><summary type='text'>Cuba: piden a Raúl Castro "más audacia" para captar inversiones extranjerasAFP | Fecha: 01/05/2012El principal comentarista económico de Cuba, Ariel Terrero, pidió este jueves públicamente al gobierno de Raúl Castro "más audacia" para captar inversiones extranjeras en la isla, pues en los últimos años han estado "estancadas"."Las inversiones extranjeras han estado más bien estancadas en los </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2589327426389810851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2589327426389810851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2589327426389810851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2589327426389810851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-piden-raul-castro-mas-audacia-para.html' title='Cuba: piden a Raúl Castro &quot;más audacia&quot; para captar inversiones extranjeras'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5075138385704916064</id><published>2012-01-05T19:28:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T19:28:21.203+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Reformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (II-Final)</title><summary type='text'>Economía, CambiosReformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (II-Final)Análisis de las reformas económicas que lleva a cabo el gobierno cubano, realizado por Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Catedrático Distinguido Emérito de Economía de la Universidad de Pittsburgh. Segunda parte y finalCarmelo Mesa-Lago, Pittsburgh | 05/01/2012Política socialEl aumento de ingresos a la seguridad social podría </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5075138385704916064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5075138385704916064' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5075138385704916064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5075138385704916064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/reformas-de-raul-vi-congreso-del-pcc-y_05.html' title='Reformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (II-Final)'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8758550552159627721</id><published>2012-01-05T03:20:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T03:20:24.382+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba subsidia pobres para construir casas en vez de subvencionar materiales</title><summary type='text'>Cuba subsidia pobres para construir casas en vez de subvencionar materialesPor Carlos Batista (AFP)LA HABANA — El presidente de Cuba, Raúl Castro, subsidiará a partir de este mes a cubanos pobres para que construyan o reparen sus casas, aplicando una nueva política que beneficia a personas y no a productos, y que busca recortar los gastos estatales y terminar con el igualitarismo.Se trata de "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8758550552159627721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8758550552159627721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8758550552159627721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8758550552159627721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-subsidia-pobres-para-construir.html' title='Cuba subsidia pobres para construir casas en vez de subvencionar materiales'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4735989882506972033</id><published>2012-01-05T01:15:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T01:15:51.164+01:00</updated><title type='text'>U.S. to monitor Cuban oil work</title><summary type='text'>Energy ResourcesU.S. to monitor Cuban oil workPublished: Jan. 4, 2012 at 9:06 AMWASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Coast Guard plan to inspect an oil rig leased by Spanish energy company Repsol in Cuban waters, an official said.Repsol last year announced plans to drill exploration wells in Cuban waters of the Gulf of Mexico.A group of U.S. House of Representative</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4735989882506972033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4735989882506972033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4735989882506972033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4735989882506972033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-to-monitor-cuban-oil-work.html' title='U.S. to monitor Cuban oil work'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2447140369811302037</id><published>2012-01-04T23:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T23:30:46.771+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Suriname barter deals with Cuba pending</title><summary type='text'>Suriname barter deals with Cuba pendingBy Stabroek editorWednesday, January 4, 2012PARAMARIBO – Suriname's exports to Cuba might get another dimension in the times ahead. Preparations are underway to strengthen trade ties with the island nation and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin hopes the first transactions will take place in the first half of this year. Those will involve barter deals </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2447140369811302037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2447140369811302037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2447140369811302037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2447140369811302037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/suriname-barter-deals-with-cuba-pending.html' title='Suriname barter deals with Cuba pending'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8713571245423678706</id><published>2012-01-04T22:10:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T22:10:35.061+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Subsidios, insuficientes para financiar reparación de viviendas</title><summary type='text'>Subsidios, insuficientes para financiar reparación de viviendasExpertos estiman que "todo es un entretenimiento" del Gobierno, porque el salario del ciudadano de a pie le impide adquirir los materiales de construcciónJorge P. Martínez / martinoticias.com  04 de enero de 2012El diario Granma informó el miércoles que a partir del próximo 15 de enero entrarán en vigor un conjunto de disposiciones </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8713571245423678706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8713571245423678706' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8713571245423678706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8713571245423678706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/subsidios-insuficientes-para-financiar.html' title='Subsidios, insuficientes para financiar reparación de viviendas'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1350311643719073749</id><published>2012-01-04T22:02:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T22:02:41.173+01:00</updated><title type='text'>High speed cats ordered for planned Florida-Cuba ferry service</title><summary type='text'>High speed cats ordered for planned Florida-Cuba ferry serviceKona Catamaran, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has reportedly signed a deal with CubaKat, Inc. to build three high speed catamarans that will operate between Marathon, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The ferries will be designed to make the trip in less than three hours.CubaKat is currently seeking licensing through United States and Cuban </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1350311643719073749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1350311643719073749' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1350311643719073749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1350311643719073749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/high-speed-cats-ordered-for-planned.html' title='High speed cats ordered for planned Florida-Cuba ferry service'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-7155555276725646903</id><published>2012-01-04T22:02:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T22:02:12.784+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cuba - 01-2012</title><summary type='text'>Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cubamiércoles 4 de nero de 2012 15:32 GYTPor Jeff FranksLA HABANA (Reuters) - Cuba se abrió a que más servicios minoristas pasen al sector privado, amplió el tamaño de las parcelas en arriendo y permitirá que los campesinos puedan traspasar las tierras en usufructo a sus familiares, como parte de un plan de reformas destinado a fortalecer el </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/7155555276725646903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=7155555276725646903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7155555276725646903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/7155555276725646903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/principales-riesgos-politicos-observar.html' title='Principales riesgos políticos a observar en Cuba - 01-2012'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-358434570060483390</id><published>2012-01-04T21:57:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:57:48.218+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Primer comercial cuentapropista en la televisión</title><summary type='text'>Primer comercial cuentapropista en la televisiónMiércoles, Enero 4, 2012 | Por Pablo Pascual Méndez PiñaLA HABANA, Cuba, 4 de enero, (Pablo Méndez, www.cubanet.org) -Sorpresivamente el viernes 30 de diciembre, en el programa "Hola Habana" del canal CH-TV, dedicado a despedir el año 2011, fue promocionada una oferta gastronómica para la cena de fin de año, con un menú típico de cerdo asado, congrí</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/358434570060483390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=358434570060483390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/358434570060483390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/358434570060483390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/primer-comercial-cuentapropista-en-la.html' title='Primer comercial cuentapropista en la televisión'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-370006693773461315</id><published>2012-01-04T21:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:38:03.092+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Key political risks to watch in Cuba - 01-2012</title><summary type='text'>Key political risks to watch in CubaWed Jan 4, 2012 3:03pm GMTBy Jeff FranksHAVANA Jan 4 (Reuters) - Cuba has opened more of its retail services to the private sector and liberalized land lease terms so farmers can rent more state land and keep it in the family as reforms aimed at fortifying the socialist system for the future continue.The Caribbean island's self-employed sector has continued to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/370006693773461315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=370006693773461315' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/370006693773461315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/370006693773461315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/key-political-risks-to-watch-in-cuba-01.html' title='Key political risks to watch in Cuba - 01-2012'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4182825243787943133</id><published>2012-01-04T21:31:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:31:06.749+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba to grant home repair subsidies</title><summary type='text'>Cuba to grant home repair subsidiesBy Andrea RodriguezAssociated Press / January 4, 2012HAVANA—Cuba is launching a plan to subsidize the construction and repair of private homes, an effort the communist government hopes will lead to better use of limited funds and stimulate private enterprise.Under the program, citizens will be eligible for as much as 80,000 Cuban pesos ($3,300) in aid to build a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4182825243787943133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4182825243787943133' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4182825243787943133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4182825243787943133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-to-grant-home-repair-subsidies.html' title='Cuba to grant home repair subsidies'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4288911816060044748</id><published>2012-01-04T21:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:26:10.579+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuevo subsidio busca que afectados por huracanes asuman la solución de sus problemas de vivienda</title><summary type='text'>EconomíaNuevo subsidio busca que afectados por huracanes asuman la solución de sus problemas de viviendaDDCLa Habana 04-01-2012 - 11:56 am.La medida es otro paso para 'eliminar las gratuidades indebidas', dice 'Granma'. El monto para la construcción de una 'célula habitacional básica' será de solo 3.300 dólares.El Gobierno anunció este miércoles que el próximo 15 de enero entrarán en vigor nuevas</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4288911816060044748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4288911816060044748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4288911816060044748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4288911816060044748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/nuevo-subsidio-busca-que-afectados-por.html' title='Nuevo subsidio busca que afectados por huracanes asuman la solución de sus problemas de vivienda'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1150766078313013831</id><published>2012-01-04T21:23:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:23:22.888+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ros-Lehtinen critica viajes a la Isla organizados por el prestigioso Instituto Smithsonian</title><summary type='text'>PolíticaRos-Lehtinen critica viajes a la Isla organizados por el prestigioso Instituto SmithsonianDDCMadrid 04-01-2012 - 7:53 pm.A juicio de la legisladora republicana, 'ilustran un flagrante desprecio por la situación de los derechos humanos' en Cuba y proporcionan a La Habana 'un deplorable sentido de legitimidad'.La republicana Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, presidenta del Comité de Asuntos Exteriores </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1150766078313013831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1150766078313013831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1150766078313013831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1150766078313013831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/ros-lehtinen-critica-viajes-la-isla.html' title='Ros-Lehtinen critica viajes a la Isla organizados por el prestigioso Instituto Smithsonian'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2557656639511485495</id><published>2012-01-04T21:22:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:22:31.820+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba importó 30.000 toneladas de frijoles en 2011 pese a las medidas del Gobierno</title><summary type='text'>AgriculturaCuba importó 30.000 toneladas de frijoles en 2011 pese a las medidas del GobiernoAgenciasLa Habana 04-01-2012 - 6:36 pm.El Gobierno se quejó este miércoles de la baja producción de frijoles en 2011, que obligó a importar más de 30.000 toneladas del grano y a desembolsar 25 millones de dólares, informó la AFP.La producción se afectó por "insuficiencias en la contratación, el </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2557656639511485495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2557656639511485495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2557656639511485495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2557656639511485495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-importo-30000-toneladas-de.html' title='Cuba importó 30.000 toneladas de frijoles en 2011 pese a las medidas del Gobierno'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-512083713842430060</id><published>2012-01-04T21:18:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:18:33.806+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Reformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (I)</title><summary type='text'>Economía, CambiosReformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (I)Análisis de las reformas económicas que lleva a cabo el Gobierno cubano, realizado por Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Catedrático Distinguido Emérito de Economía de la Universidad de Pittsburgh. Aparecerá en dos partesCarmelo Mesa-Lago, Pittsburgh | 04/01/2012Tras un fuerte crecimiento entre los años 2005 y 2007, las fallas del sistema </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/512083713842430060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=512083713842430060' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/512083713842430060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/512083713842430060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/reformas-de-raul-vi-congreso-del-pcc-y.html' title='Reformas de Raúl, VI Congreso del PCC y resultados (I)'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5208651176732728284</id><published>2012-01-04T21:15:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T21:15:21.068+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Publican disposiciones para el otorgamiento de subsidios relacionados con la vivienda</title><summary type='text'>Subsidios, Cambios, ViviendasPublican disposiciones para el otorgamiento de subsidios relacionados con la viviendaSe autorizarán las ayudas "sin exceder los límites planificados" y en consonancia con el propósito de "eliminar las gratuidades indebidas y los subsidios excesivos, bajo el principio de compensar a las personas necesitadas y no subsidiar productos de manera general", según lo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5208651176732728284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5208651176732728284' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5208651176732728284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5208651176732728284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/publican-disposiciones-para-el.html' title='Publican disposiciones para el otorgamiento de subsidios relacionados con la vivienda'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1992253780210311537</id><published>2012-01-04T01:25:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T01:25:17.600+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Escándalo de corrupción en Canarias apunta a negocios ilícitos en Cuba</title><summary type='text'>Escándalo de corrupción en Canarias apunta a negocios ilícitos en CubaPublicado el Martes, 03 Enero 2012 14:07Por Café Fuerte	Por JUAN CARLOS SANCHEZ REYESAgentes de la Policía Judicial investigan al ex alcalde de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Miguel Zerolo, bajo sospechas de que realizó inversiones en plantaciones de tabaco y negocios inmobiliarios en Cuba con dinero ilícito procedente</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1992253780210311537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1992253780210311537' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1992253780210311537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1992253780210311537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/escandalo-de-corrupcion-en-canarias.html' title='Escándalo de corrupción en Canarias apunta a negocios ilícitos en Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-8006142483929595700</id><published>2012-01-03T23:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T23:00:24.387+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bright future ahead? Cuba's economic changes create new entrepreneurs</title><summary type='text'>'Bright future' ahead? Cuba's economic changes create new entrepreneursBy The Associated PressHAVANA - Where some might see a rotten window frame pocked by termites, Julio Cesar Hidalgo envisions a polished takeout counter, the rich smell of garlic and oregano wafting out onto a warm Havana street.In his mind's eye, the coarsely-laid concrete covering the surfaces of his shabby living room is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/8006142483929595700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=8006142483929595700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8006142483929595700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/8006142483929595700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/bright-future-ahead-cubas-economic.html' title='Bright future ahead? Cuba&apos;s economic changes create new entrepreneurs'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4113545537186256557</id><published>2012-01-03T20:35:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T20:35:12.684+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comprar y no pagar</title><summary type='text'>Comprar y no pagarMartes, Enero 3, 2012 | Por Reinaldo Emilio Cosano AlénLA HABANA, Cuba, enero, www.cubanet.org -Orlando Lugo Fonte, presidente de la Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños, (ANAP), ha puesto el dedo sobre la llaga al referirse al problema que trastorna parte de la economía: la acumulación de contratos incumplidos entre empresas, lo cual golpea al sector agropecuario. Por </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4113545537186256557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4113545537186256557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4113545537186256557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4113545537186256557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/comprar-y-no-pagar.html' title='Comprar y no pagar'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-4375151019835777466</id><published>2012-01-03T20:03:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T20:03:07.258+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Afirma bloguera cubana que Castro está obligado a realizar reformas</title><summary type='text'>Afirma bloguera cubana que Castro está obligado a realizar reformasNotimexLIMA — La bloguera cubana Yoani Sánchez aseguró al diario peruano El Comercio que el presidente de Cuba, Raúl Castro, está obligado a realizar una serie de reformas económicas porque de lo contrario la inconformidad ciudadana hará que peligre su poder.En una entrevista que publica este lunes la edición digital del periódico</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/4375151019835777466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=4375151019835777466' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4375151019835777466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/4375151019835777466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/afirma-bloguera-cubana-que-castro-esta.html' title='Afirma bloguera cubana que Castro está obligado a realizar reformas'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1016800843065214024</id><published>2012-01-02T21:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T21:30:44.724+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El camino de Raúl Castro hacia la supervivencia económica de Cuba</title><summary type='text'>InternacionalEl camino de Raúl Castro hacia la supervivencia económica de CubaLa crisis económica internacional ha obligado al presidente cubano a emprender una serie de reformas «inaplazables»agencias / madridDía 02/01/2012 - 13.53hreutersA los 53 años del triunfo de la revolución de Fidel Castro contra la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista, Cuba se encuentra en medio de un profundo proceso de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1016800843065214024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1016800843065214024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1016800843065214024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1016800843065214024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/el-camino-de-raul-castro-hacia-la.html' title='El camino de Raúl Castro hacia la supervivencia económica de Cuba'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2516426871294524238</id><published>2012-01-02T17:46:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T17:46:52.421+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuba stacks up the building blocks of a new economy</title><summary type='text'>Posted on Sunday, 01.01.12Cuba's Year of ChangeCuba stacks up the building blocks of a new economyThe pace of economic reforms has picked up as Cuba seeks to move more people off government payrolls in an effort to boost its economy.By MIMI WHITEFIELDmwhitefield@MiamiHerald.comIt has been nearly four years since Cuban leader Rául Castro announced plans for a series of reforms to raise Cubans' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2516426871294524238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2516426871294524238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2516426871294524238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2516426871294524238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuba-stacks-up-building-blocks-of-new.html' title='Cuba stacks up the building blocks of a new economy'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-5821333015706855191</id><published>2012-01-02T17:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T17:40:07.530+01:00</updated><title type='text'>El Gobierno recortó en un 7,7 por ciento el presupuesto para salud pública</title><summary type='text'>EconomíaEl Gobierno recortó en un 7,7 por ciento el presupuesto para salud públicaAgenciasLa Habana 02-01-2012 - 11:15 am.El Gobierno redujo en un 7,7% en 2011, respecto a 2010, el presupuesto asignado a la Salud Pública, informó el ministro del sector, Roberto Morales Ojeda, reportaron medios oficiales.En una conferencia de funcionarios y trabajadores, Morales dijo que las transformaciones en la</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/5821333015706855191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=5821333015706855191' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5821333015706855191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/5821333015706855191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/el-gobierno-recorto-en-un-77-por-ciento.html' title='El Gobierno recortó en un 7,7 por ciento el presupuesto para salud pública'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-2140556482419440039</id><published>2012-01-01T20:45:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T20:45:55.259+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuban authorities fighting shuttle trade</title><summary type='text'>Cuban authorities fighting shuttle tradeDec 30, 2011 03:57 Moscow TimeCubaNew customs regulations aimed at countering the "shuttle" trade, have come into effect in Cuba. Starting with December 30th, customs officials will confiscate goods and products that are imported into the country by private individuals "for commercial purposes." Customs will be guided by two new resolutions of the General </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/2140556482419440039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=2140556482419440039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2140556482419440039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/2140556482419440039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/cuban-authorities-fighting-shuttle.html' title='Cuban authorities fighting shuttle trade'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-1064759270414319094</id><published>2012-01-01T10:18:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T10:18:04.003+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Repression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of change</title><summary type='text'>Posted on Saturday, 12.31.11CUBARepression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of changeNow you can get a loan, buy a house and — maybe soon — travel abroad more easily. But the Castro government has no desire to ease its authoritarian ways.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.comJoe Garcia, a former executive director of the Cuban American National Foundation, likes to joke about the chat he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/1064759270414319094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=1064759270414319094' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1064759270414319094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/1064759270414319094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/repression-still-rule-but-cuba-sees.html' title='Repression still the rule, but Cuba sees year of change'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913567.post-3398286715834537825</id><published>2012-01-01T09:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T09:13:05.457+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Los saltos acrobáticos del régimen cubano</title><summary type='text'>Publicado el sábado, 12.31.11Los saltos acrobáticos del régimen cubanoJuan O. Tamayojtamayo@elnuevoherald.comPara algunos son una señal clara de que el régimen cubano ha dado un viraje significativo en sus políticas, al menos en materia económica. Para otros no son sino cambios cosméticos de una dictadura que se mantiene aferrada al poder.A Joe García, ex director ejecutivo de la Fundación </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/feeds/3398286715834537825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17913567&amp;postID=3398286715834537825' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3398286715834537825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17913567/posts/default/3398286715834537825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cubafacts.blogspot.com/2012/01/los-saltos-acrobaticos-del-regimen.html' title='Los saltos acrobáticos del régimen cubano'/><author><name>Cuba Verdad</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
