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HAVANA’S NEW WEDDING PLANNERS. By Heidi Härkönen

Since 2008, the increased opening of Cuba’s economy to private entrepreneurship...

February 1, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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The Everyday Insecurity of Food. By SUSAN BELYEA

Behind the flurry of news stories about the emerging food scene in Havana...

September 1, 2016  By Ariana Reguant
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Cuban State Companies in a Catch 22. By YAILENIS MULET CONCEPCIÓN

Cuba’s state companies have been inefficient for years: initially because...

September 1, 2016  By Ariana Reguant
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Is Cuba “Open for Business”? By TED HENKEN

A few years ago I ran into a fellow watcher of Cuba’s economy in my favorite...

September 1, 2016  By Ariana Reguant
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The Heads and Tails of Monetary Duality. By MRINALINI TANKHA

making head or tail of ... For over two decades economic activity in Cuba...

August 1, 2016  By Ariana Reguant
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What do Cuban entrepreneurs stand to win from closer US Cuba relations? By YAILENIS MULET CONCEPCIÓN

Translation by the Editors The announcement by Presidents Obama and Castro...

August 1, 2016  By Ariana Reguant
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ECONOMIC REFORM AND THE ELDERLY. By David Strug

Cuba’s Sixth Communist Party Congress in 2011 approved guidelines for...

November 11, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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WAITING FOR THE SINGLE CURRENCY IN HAVANA. By Martina Kunovic

From Havana, Martina Kunovic takes us to department stores, where things...

October 28, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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THE CUP, THE CUC, AND THE COUNTDOWN TO ZERO. By Jessica León Mundul

Translation from the original Spanish by Ariana Hernandez-Reguant The...

August 7, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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ALL FOR SALE. By Sandra Abd’Allah-Alvarez Ramirez

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July 25, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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CUBA’S SOCIALIST ECONOMY TODAY. Alan West-Durán reviews Paolo Spadoni’s latest book

Central command economies have not had a great historical record: they...

July 15, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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