The Medical Device Market: Cuba: New research report available at Fast Market Research

<p style="text-align: justify;">2010-11-29 02:10:35 - Recently published research from Espicom Business Intelligence, "The Medical Device Market: Cuba", is now available at Fast Market Research Read More

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An Irish Tune-Up for Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Una Corda -- The Soft Pedal: Photos by David Creedon. By Sheila Langan. Irish America Magazine. Published Monday, November 29, 2010. Since 2006, many visitors traveling from Ireland to Cuba have carried slightly heavier than usual suitcases. In addition to their clothes, toiletries and other necessities, they have been carrying piano parts and tools for tuning and repair. Read More

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Castro Hopes Popular Debates Build Consensus for Economic Plans

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Patricia Grogg. HAVANA, Nov 27 , 2010 (IPS) - "This is getting bad. We hear that they're going to take away the ration books," says an elderly man, his elbows resting on the countertop of a small shop in the Cuban capital. "Well, for whatever it's worth," replies a woman in a low voice as she makes her monthly ration purchases. Read More

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Cuba, Kansas: A town of doers

<p style="text-align: justify;">BY BECCY TANNER. The Wichita Eagle. CUBA — It is a tiny dot on the big map of Kansas, a blink-and-miss-it-type of town. But with less than 200 residents, this Republic County community near the Nebraska state line has been a symbol of rural America for more than three decades. Read More

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COHA: The midterm elections

<p style="text-align: justify;">By COHA Director Larry Birns and Research Associate Kelsey Strain.&nbsp; Some of you may get the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA)'s articles and analyses. What I found interesting was that I received this first via the Cuban bulletin El Heraldo (not to be confused with the Miami rightwing El Nuevo Herald) put out by Nestor Garcia Iturbe. Read More

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Garden guru Jorge Sanchez makes green dreams come true

<p style="text-align: justify;">By John Nelander. Special to the Daily News. Updated: 6:43 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. More than five decades ago in a tiny backyard garden in Havana, Cuba, a young boy dropped some radish seeds into the warm soil. A week later, green sprouts had poked up and by the end of the month he was able to pull a fully formed radish out of the ground. Read More

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Cuba-Texas Trade Is Languishing in Poor Economy

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, November 25, 2010. By JULIAN AGUILAR, The New York Times. When the global shipping giant CMA CGM announced in April that it had obtained a license to ship container vessels to Cuba via the Port of Houston, business executives and trade experts marveled: Unabashedly Republican Texas would soon become the Communist island nation's leading United States trade partner. Read More

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Cuba starts process of reform in 2010

<p style="text-align: justify;">20:36, November 24, 2010.The Cuban government launched an "unavoidable" process of economic reform in 2010 involving a shift away from state-run to private business, with the goal of "updating" the socialist model. The authorities said reform was an economic "update" plan for the island country, based on the ideological premise that "only socialism is capable of overcoming difficulties and preserving the achievements of the Revolution." Read More

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REUTERS: Cuba says still investigating jailed American

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) .This says Gross went to Cuba FIVE TIMES in the nine months before his detention. That would have tripped the alarm in any country's computers at customs in any country on earth. This is not like someone here in the United States driving down to Tijuana for a weekend shopping spree.) Cuba says still investigating jailed American (2010-11-23) By Nelson Acosta. Read More

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Jews in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">Ciro Bianchi Ross. The first Jews arrived in Cuba with Christopher Columbus. Around 160 Jews traveled to this side of the world with the Admiral; they had already been converted to Catholicism or they hid their origin to escape the Inquisition. However, they found it very hard to put down roots throughout this continent, since once the children of those who were burnt under the Inquisition were allowed to come, they were forbidden from taking public posts. Read More

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