Cuba to implement major economic changes

Monday, August 2, 2010, 13:10 [IST]

Havana, Aug 2: Cuban President Raul Castro told that the government will ease controls on small businesses and allow more self-employment.

In Communist country Cuba, state controls every aspect of the economy. The constitution describes the Communist Party of Cuba as the leading force of society and of the state.

Castro announced the economic changes on Sunday, Aug 1 during the opening of parliament's biannual session. He also announced that the government will cease unnecessary workers.

Different Cuban media reported the President's announcement about economic changes as a move to overcome the financial crisis.

OneIndia News

Topics: cuba, havana, fidel castro

Other articles published on August 2, 2010

Fidel Castro slams US over ill-treating Cubans

Havana, Jul 31: Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro slammed US for ill-treating five Cuban agents for more than a decade.The Cuban agents were imprisoned for more than a decade for spying. Castro told that these agents are known as 'Five Heroes'.....

Santa Clara (Cuba), Jul 27: Cuban Communist leader Fidel Castro commences the 57th Cuban Communist revolution anniversary on Monday, Jul 26.Wearing his traditional olive green shirt, Fidel Castro made an appearance by laying a wreath at a monument to Cuban national.....

Havana, Dec 15: Accusing Obama for conspiring against leftist governments of Latin America, former Cuban president Fidel Castro wrote that Obama's smile cannot be trusted.Castro's letter which was read out by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in the gathering of leftist leader.....

Havana, Dec 4: Irked by Google's policy-change, Cuba's official newspaper, Juventud Rebelde has lashed out at the search engine for blocking some of the application sites from the Cuban users, including Zeitgeist search trends tool.Criticizing Google for blocking Cuban's access to.....

Washington, Apr 27: After United States recently opened up cracks in the embargo against Cuba, the Obama administration is subtly pushing forward with efforts to re open channels of communication with Cuba, say sources in White House and State Department.A New.....

Port of Spain, Apr 18: US President Barack Obama has expressed the possibility of a 'new beginning with Cuba' on Friday, Apr 17 in the Summit of the Americas happening in Trinidad. Obama's statement drew applause from the 33 other.....

Castro looking stronger in new TV images

Wednesday, January 31, 2007,10:57 [IST]

Havana, Jan 31: Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown on state television for the first time in three months, meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana.Castro, 80, looked stronger but still frail in images of the two-hour meeting with Chavez on Monday.The Cuban leader dropped from public view six months ago after undergoing emergency surgery for intestinal bleeding. His illness is a state secret.Castro relinquished power for the first time since his 1959.....

US drops plans to limit lawyer Guantanamo visits

Saturday, May 12, 2007,1:37 [IST]

Washington, May 12: The Bush administration said it no longer seeks to limit the number of meetings between Guantanamo prisoners and their lawyers, a proposal that had been strongly criticized by civil liberties and legal groups. Administration attorneys told a US appeals court the Defense Department, which runs the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, determined the proposed three-visit limit is ''no longer warranted,'' based on ''a current evaluation of resources and needs.'' There.....

Limitless Updates

International News

News Archives

For first time, Cubans can watch all WC matches

Havana, Jun 5: Even though Cuba did not qualify for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010, Cuban television, for the first time in history, is all set broadcast all the matches of the World Cup live.“Although the football World Cup has.....

Russia expands key aircraft market in Cuba

Tuesday, August 7, 2007,4:32 [IST]

Havana, Aug 7: Russia has delivered the first of three Tupolev medium-haul jet planes to Cuba, expanding one of its main export markets for commercial aircraft, the Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported. The cargo version of the TU-204 arrived in Havana on Sunday and two passenger jets will be delivered before the end of the year as Cuba upgrades its aging Soviet-era fleet, the paper said yesterday. Last year, Cuba received three Ilyushin IL-96-300s long-haul passenger.....