Recently added articles from CubaNews:
Shipping firm sees potential gold mine in Florida-Cuba passenger ferry service.(United Americas Shipping Services)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Imagine boarding a passenger ferry around 10 p.m. at the Port of Miami with your car, enjoying a dinner, a first-rate show and some duty-free shopping, then letting the ocean waves rock you to sleep in your luxury cabin--only to wake up the next morning at 7, refreshed and in Havana. ...
Land redistribution: the real story.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Contrary to what some observers in Miami are saying, the Cuban government is rapidly redistributing idle state land, with some 1.6 million hectares already given away as of press time. According to Cuba's Oficina Nacional de Estadistica (ONE), some 140,000 requests for land have ...
Cuba's upcoming National Conference: what to expect.(Conference news)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Raul Castro's announcement was no surprise: the holding of the VI Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba will not take place at the end of 2009 after all, he told supporters in his July 26th speech in Holguin. No exact dates were provided for when the congress will take place, ...
It's official: new travel, remittance regs in effect.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... New regulations to be published Sept. 3 in the Federal Register make official what President Obama announced five months ago. Back in April, Obama lifted caps on Cuban-American travel to the island and the money that can be sent to relatives. But the official regulations that ...
As oil-rich Libya marks 40th anniversary of Qaddafi regime, any lesson for Cuba?
Sep 01, 2009; ... At the Fez Restaurant on the 26th floor of Tripoli's swank Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel, bartender Abdel Hamid proudly serves "mocktails" that--true to Islamic practice--contain no alcohol whatsoever. For nine Libyan dinars (about $7.60), you can choose between Jamaican Delight ...