New Cohibas and Habano Cigars to France

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Tomas Armenteros Crespo. Havana, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuban tobacco industry authorities announced Thursday the presence of new Cohibas and Havano cigars in the 25th edition of the TFWA World Exhibition Cannes in France. The Cuban most famous tobacco Premium type brand will take its cigars to the 2011 Limited Edition, with interesting proposals for collectors and the most demanding cigar smokers in the world. Read More

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A Housing Market, Cuba Style

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Overseas Property Mall Created: Sep 15, 2011. I’m standing at a shaded corner in Central Havana, Cuba, with many others, all of us looking as shady as our surroundings. Someone comes up to me asking “what are you offering” to break the ice. Where am I? You would be forgiven for thinking I am on the run, trying to buy papers to get across the border; but actually, all I am doing is trying to buy a house. Housing stock, which was already deteriorating before the revolution, continued to decline. As the U.S. embargo choked off building supplies, existing stock deteriorated quicker, and new construction failed to keep up with demand. Read More

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Charter Flights From FLL To Cuba To Takeoff Saturday

<p style="text-align: justify;">September 16, 2011 1:04 PM. MIAMI (CBS4)- Charter flights from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba are expected to start Saturday, with Airline Brokers Company starting non-stop flights once a week to Havana. The flight, operated by Jetblue Airways, will depart every Saturday at 12:30 p.m. from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The service is expected to expand to twice a week in the near future, pending approval from Cuban authorities. Read More

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Cuba shuts down second Canadian trading company

<p style="text-align: justify;">Reuters.By Marc Frank. HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has shut down one of the most important western trading companies in the country as an investigation into alleged corrupt import-export practices broadened to a second Canadian firm, foreign business sources said on Friday. State security agents on Friday watched who entered the building in Havana's Miramar Trade Center where Ontario-based Tokmakjian Group, one of the top Canadian companies doing business on the communist-run island, has its offices. Read More

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Hard times make an end to US embargo of Cuba compelling

<p style="text-align: justify;">Robert McElvaine. September 14, 2011. PRESIDENT Barack Obama will have to decide this week whether to continue, for yet another year, provisions of the US trade embargo on Cuba. Without a presidential extension, these provisions - though not others that were instituted by congressional action - will end this month. The ending of the embargo is long overdue and the economic crisis provides a useful rationale for doing so. Read More

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