Similar salaries received the people who worked at the Behind the Wall exhibit, at the Malecon seawall.<\/p>\n
Private copy centers also benefited from printing contracts for the production of posters, catalogues, invitations and cards.<\/p>\n
Designers and stand builders completed the list of parallel workers who found job opportunities at the cultural event, which, like the Havana International Business Fair held every year in November, is an additional, though temporary, source of income for a few in the country.<\/p>\n
One Year from the Foreign Investment Law<\/h3>\n
In June 2014, deputies at the National Assembly (Cuban Parliament) passed Act 118, which reshaped the scope of foreign investment on the island. This gained more significance in the light of the announcements made on December 17 regarding the possible re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.<\/p>\n
Around those days also, the Mariel Special Development Zone reached its first year of operations. The project is the one that has attracted the largest number of investors, as was to be expected if we take tax incentives and other advantages into consideration.<\/p>\n
Foreign investors still have doubts about Cuba, regarding issues like the dual currency, the low building capacity of the country, and its deficient chains of logistics.<\/p>\n
The list of advantages includes the renegotiation of Cuba\u2019s external debt, the talks with the European Union, and the rapprochement with the United States.<\/p>\n
Cuban GDP Goes Up<\/h3>\n
Ministry of Economy and Planning Marino Murillo informed that the GDP had increased by 4{bb302c39ef77509544c7d3ea992cb94710211e0fa5985a4a3940706d9b0380de} by the end of the first semester of 2015. Commerce, construction, sugar and the manufacturing industry were the sectors that experimented the highest growths. The main deficits were in the areas of storage, communications and transportation.<\/p>\n
The figure is reassuring, especially if we analyse the trend to deceleration of the previous years. We\u00b4ll keep an eye on the remaining six months.<\/p>\n
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