A poco más de una semana del referendo sobre la futura Constitución cubana prosigue una intensa campaña por el Sí en la que se han volcado funcionarios, la plana mayor del Gobierno y la prensa estatal. Artículo de Diario de Cuba en este enlace.
As Cuba prepares for an upcoming final vote on proposed changes to the Constitution, state security agents have cracked down on activists by carrying out multiple arrests and raiding the homes of those who have called for a NO vote on the referendum. Article by The Miami Herald here.
On December 6th, Cuba’s self-employed workers woke up to news that could mark many of their personal and professional lives in the future: several of the 20 legal provisions that refined the Self-Employment Law, which came into effect on December 7th, had been modified by the Council of Ministers. Article by Havana Times here.
Cuba’s culture vice minister engaged with citizens who remain deeply concerned over the effects Decree 349 will have on Cuba’s art world. It all started at around 5pm Wednesday, when Camilo Condis, a young entrepreneur urged several culture ministry officials to read an independent story regarding the controversial new law which took effect December 6….
Cuba’s government said on Wednesday it was easing new regulations on the Communist-run island’s fledgling private sector just two days before they are due to go into effect to take into account the concerns of entrepreneurs and experts. Full article by Reuters here.
The Cuban government has said it wants more foreign investment, that it can’t afford to keep so many Cubans on the payroll of inefficient state industries, and it needs more revenue to help its stumbling economy. Full article by The Miami Herald here.
The Cuban government has said it wants more foreign investment, that it can’t afford to keep so many Cubans on the payroll of inefficient state industries, and it needs more revenue to help its stumbling economy. Full article by the Financial Tribune here.
Mientras los más exitosos de los cerca de 600,000 cuentapropistas cubanos han hecho dinero y se entusiasman intentando expandir sus negocios, los burócratas cubanos, incluidos algunos incondicionales del Partido Comunista y empleados de empresas estatales en apuros, han recibido “salarios miserables a menudo en trabajos aburridos que no sirven”, dijo Feinberg, profesor de la Escuela…
Retomar la bodega-museo de las cajas registradoras, crear un parque para patinar y convertir el barrio en un hostal urbano, son las nuevas ideas del proyecto comunitario Artecorte, que seguirá beneficiando al barrio del Santo Ángel, en La Habana Vieja, que es hoy un atractivo turístico. Nota de IPS Cuba en este enlace.
While the most successful of Cuba’s nearly 600,000 cuentapropistas, who work in the private sector, have been making money and are excited about trying to expand their businesses, Cuban bureaucrats, including some Communist Party stalwarts, and employees of struggling state enterprises, have been receiving “miserly salaries often in boring jobs to nowhere,” said Feinberg, a…
