CUBAN ECONOMY

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Julio Lobo
Pepin Bosch

 
 
Carlos Nuñez
Currency exchange in Havana, 2004.

 
 
A grocery store with nearly bare shelves.

 

    A Cuban waiter holds a three convertible
    Cuban Peso note, with an image of Ernesto
    'Che' Guevara, October 25, 2004.

 
 
Bread distribution
Bread distribution

 


Bread distribution



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Septiembre 2005

Cien años de economia cubana

1958
Cuba Improving Quality of Crops (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8, 1958)
Cuba is Thriving on Dearer Sugar (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8, 1958)
Industry in Cuba Gets $200,000,000 Capital (N.Y. Times, Jan. 8, 1958)

1980
The Cuban Economy: A Statistical Review (1957-1979)

1998
ALADI acepta a Cuba como miembro
Alegan r?cord en inversiones extranjeras
Agency: Cuba needs food aid
Brasil suscribe contrato petrolero con la isla
Cadena construye complejo hotelero
Castro says Cuba will resist 'ideological winds'
Castro's vision for Cuba carries a price: democracy
Comercio cubano de az?car cae en picada
Construir?n propiedades de 5 estrellas para extranjeros
Cuba backs euro currency as balance to U.S. dollar
Cuba: 4 dead; thousands left without homes
Cuba let into LatAm integration body ALADI
Cuban minister says economy on track despite sugar woes, U.S. embargo
Cuba tightens controls on self-employed workers
Cuban economy to fall short of 1998 growth target
Cubanos penan por resolver alimentos
Cuba's food shortage worsens
Diplomercado negro es un buen negocio
Drought-hit Cuba to receive U.N. food aid in weeks
El d?lar se vuelve cada d?a m?s vital
Empresa cubana ha producido casi un mill?n toneladas
Empresarios japoneses llegan a Cuba para explorar el mercado
Japan offers $9 million to Cuba for crop losses
La econom?a cubana crece la mitad de lo esperado
Luxury apartments rise in Havana, attract foreign investors
Mercados agropecuarios se vuelven inaccesibles en Cuba
Paladares funcionan bajo alerta por inspecciones
Producci?n petrolera podr?a ir en aumento
La revoluci?n castrista enfila hacia el siglo XXI
Report paints sad state of Cuban crops
20,000 homes stricken in housing-poor Cuba
U.N. Group Will Ask Aid for Cubans

1999
British official calls Castro 'sharp, witty'
Castro holds economics forum
Crackdowns, restrictions sour investors on Cuba
Cuba agrees to first joint banking venture
Cuba announces plan to boost cigar output
Cuba entregar? az?car sin refinar a Rusia a cambio de petr?leo crudo
Cuba: M?s az?car, menos ingresos
Cuba plans to go euro
Cuba Replacing Dollar With Euro to Ease Trade Woes
Increase in tourism boosts Cuban economy
In Cuba's Crippled Economy, the Only Goal Is Survial
M?s baja la solvencia de Cuba
Panama, Cuba ink investment accord, decry embargo
Russia, Cuba to sign new economic cooperation accord
Sobrevive Cuba por la ayuda externa

2000
Cuba announces boost in power supply, end to blackouts
Cuba Climbs Economic Ladder
Cuba, Venezuela Sign Oil Deal
Estabilidad econ?mica en los ?ltimos cinco a?os
Squeezed by high oil, low sugar prices, Cuba pushes conservation
Venezuela Will Sell Cuba Low-Priced Oil

2001
Caen las exportaciones de az?car por debajo del n?quel
Cient?fico cubano describe caos en la ganader?a
Cierra la ?ltima planta de cobre
CIMEX se convierte en importante comercializadora de productos cubanos
Cerca de $100 millones el comercio con Brasil
Cuba creeping toward economic recovery
La Habana exporta petr?leo que recibe de Venezuela
Cuba facing financial troubles because of Michelle's destruction
Cuba forced to sell technology
Cuba squeezes private business as economy grows
Cuba: Sugar harvest smaller, but will yield more income
Cuba suspende pagos de su deuda a Espa?a
Cuban economist predicts growth
Cuban economy below '89 level
Cuba's economic outlook clouded by attacks in United States
El gobierno anuncia un plan para disminuir el consumo energ?tico
El secreto y la desconfianza rigen las inversiones extranjeras en Cuba
En peligro la actual zafra azucarera
Funcionan en Cuba m?s de 400 asociaciones mixtas con capital extranjero
Las remesas familiares sostienen la econom?a
La zafra empieza en diciembre
La zafra no supera los 3.6 millones de toneladas
Ordinary Cubans feel the lure of capitalist dollars
Retiran las monedas fraccionarias del d?lar
Trabajadores cubanos a construir en Portugal
Un duro golpe a la zafra
US recession hurting Cuba, experts say
Venezuela, Cuba drop oil-for-goods-and-services pact
Vuelven los apagones a pesar de promesa oficial

2002
Ca?da en ingresos obliga a renegociar la deuda
Can Cuba's economy hold steady in '02?
Castro has chokehold on private sector, scholars say
Cost of goods at Cuba's dollar stores to rise
Cuba cuts power use in latest sign of cash crunch
Cuba incumplir? su deuda con Jap?n y M?xico
Cuba Resort Shifts to Euro
Cuba shuns capitalism but depends on it to survive
Cuba sugar industry to undertake overhaul
Cuba's Bittersweet Move to Trim Its Sugar Crop
Cuba's Last Gamble?
Debt defaults hurt Cuba's credit rating
Domestic service is a draw in Cubans' quest for dollars
Ending an Era, Cuba Closes Sugar Mills
Espa?a es el primer socio comercial de la isla
Euro making its rounds in Cuba
Foreign investment consolidating in Cuba
Gigantesca la deuda de Castro
Havana mall exuding spirit of capitalism for lucky few
Restructuring of sugar industry leaves workers with a bitter taste
Se agrava la crisis econ?mica
Sour times for Cuba's once-thriving sugar industry

2003
Buscan elevar la producci?n de niquel m?s cobalto
Castro shuffles posts as Cuban economy sags
Castro's Cuba feels the post-Soviet cold
Ch?vez garantiza el petr?leo a Castro
Cuba starts to ease out the dollar
Family eatery still ruling the roost
Most foreign investments in Cuba come from EU
Revelan que el salario mensual equivale a $10
Sugar Mill Closures End Era in Rural Cuba
Cuba probably won't repay all foreign debt, IADB says
La econom?a cubana es una de las peores del mundo, asegura un informe

2004

Corrupci?n en la c?pula empresarial cubana
Cuba's debt to Venezuela soars as oil keeps flowing
Un chivo expiatorio para la corrupci?n en Cuba
Cuban entrepreneurs test small steps in capitalism
Sherritt CEO says move on Cuban nickel needed within six months
Cuban growers hope tobacco production normalizes
Aumentan las restricciones a las ventas de autom?viles
Lack of cattle leaves Cubans longing for juicy steak
Cubans add limits to self employment
Cuba's food production falls short
Cuba anuncia medidas de emergencia para ahorrar divisas duras
Cuba closes stores, restaurants; blames closures on new U.S. policy
Cubans stunned as dollar-only stores are closed
Cubans stunned as government closes dollar-only stores
Castro pulls the rug out from under dollar stores
Shoppers rush as decree curbs use of dollars
Cuba halts sales of most goods in U.S. dollars
U.S. dollar served as lifeline
Cuban cattle no longer a cash cow
The Cuban connection
Raul Castro leads Cuba's crackdown on corrupt capitalists
Rum maker longs to return to Cuba
Cuba economy hinges on Ch?vez vote
Foreign investment plunges in Cuba as government's attitude changes
Selling staples to Cuba
Bottom-of-the-barrel stroll
Detallada informaci?n al pueblo sobre los problemas en el servicio el?ctrico
Cuba's economy keeps plugging along
Cuba se aprieta el cinto por crisis energ?tica
Entran en vigor l?mites al trabajo por cuenta propia
Crisis energ?tica agrava a?n m?s las dificultades en la isla
Se agrava crisis por falta de energ?a
Cuba radically changes cash transactions, rejects U.S. dollars
Cuba to take 10% of exiles' cash
Ban means dollar buys less in Cuba
Tourists advised to avoid using U.S. dollars in Cuba
Cuban Dollar Days Come to an End
Peso won't be devalued, Cuba bank chief says
Cuba and Her Visitors Bid Adios to the U.S. Dollar
For Many Cubans, an Uneasy Farewell to the Dollar

2005
Cuba: Drought Will Reduce Sugar Harvest
Cuba decides to disregard GDP rankings
Jubilados sobreviven con la venta de man?
Cuba reinstating economic controls
Pressure cookers key to warming economy
Se reduce aun mas la zafra azucarera
Hershey mill had it sweet
The convertible peso appreciates 8% against the US dollar and other hard currencies
Flow of funds to Cuba holds steady
Shortage of power seen for summer
No room for private business
Venezuela financiara proyecto de electrificacion en Cuba
Despite Government Efforts, Cubans Hold Tight to the U.S. Dollar

2006
Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela reject U.S. trade
Cuba's Military Puts Business On Front Lines

2007
In Cuba, a struggle over history's march to democracy

2008

Farmer's market at Bejucal

Consumer electronics in Cuba
Cuba changes, one microwave at a time
Cuba moves to lift appliance ban
Island outcast on the brink as its people clamour for a better life
Cuba reforms bring shrugs and expectations
Cuban renters get OK to buy homes from state
Cuba paid debts with forced labor, lawsuit says
Cuba to Grant Private Farmers Access to Land
Cuba defaults on debts owed to Japanese firms

2009
Cuba sounds summer energy alarm, plans blackouts