The miracle of the Vietnamese
“They work. They resemble fine silversmiths in everything they do, in wood, in mother-of-pearl, as gunsmiths, in textiles, in painting,...
The machine for the production of scientists and science
Three apparently indirectly related news items motivated these lines. Not too long ago the magazine Nature, one of the most...
The Damned Blessing of Sugar Cane
Some historians say that sugar entered Cuba by Puerto Güincho, in Nuevitas, Camagüey, coming from the neighbor island Hispaniola. It...
Oil and our daily dependence
The news that the intricate village of Motembo, in Villa Clara, could rise up out of anonymity and play a...
The situation and development in Cuba
Having a development plan that runs until 2030 does not mean that in 2030 Cuba will be a developed country....
The urgency of infrastructure for development in Cuba
If we could calculate how much, in terms of lost revenue, services no longer lent, and interrupted labour, we would...
Now that Obama has returned to the U.S.
Cuba did not arrive at Obama’s presidential visit with its head bowed and hands supplicating. It arrived, that’s correct, with...
The economic impact of changes in U.S.-Cuba relations
Today I’d like to do one of those ‘close your eyes and imagine’ exercises. I’d like to think of some...
2016 will be a tense year for the Cuban economy
After growing 4{bb302c39ef77509544c7d3ea992cb94710211e0fa5985a4a3940706d9b0380de} in 2015, after 1{bb302c39ef77509544c7d3ea992cb94710211e0fa5985a4a3940706d9b0380de} in 2014, the Cuban economy is projected to grow 2{bb302c39ef77509544c7d3ea992cb94710211e0fa5985a4a3940706d9b0380de} in 2016. Reverting...
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