International Business News - Cuba http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough--barely--to go around. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149181-cuba-food-crisis.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/in-food-crisis-cuba-limits-sales-so-all-can-eat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/in-food-crisis-cuba-limits-sales-so-all-can-eat.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:45 EDT The United States has reversed itself and decided to allow two journalists for the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina to return to their posts at the United Nations, the State Department said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/us-backs-down-will-give-cuban-journalists-visas.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:19:58 EDT A Florida law that would make it more expensive for travel agents to book trips to Cuba is likely unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold issued a preliminary injunction that prevents Florida from enforcing the law, saying it likely violates the constitutional mandate that federal, rather than state, officials are responsible for foreign policy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/federal-judge-bars-fla-law-on-cuba-travel-bond.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:31:09 EDT Cuba announced price freezes at all farmers markets on Monday, promising to punish any vendors charging more for hard-to-find fruits and vegetables as food reserves dwindle due to the destruction caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/cuba-freezes-agricultural-prices-after-hurricanes.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:36:29 EDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his second whirlwind visit to Cuba in less than a week and met behind closed doors for two and a half hours with ailing former leader Fidel Castro, state media reported Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/140864-portugal-venezuela.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/chavez-lands-in-cuba-meets-with-castro-brothers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/chavez-lands-in-cuba-meets-with-castro-brothers.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:49:31 EDT Cuba's vice president tore into the United States and other industrial countries on Wednesday, blaming them for skyrocketing oil prices and accusing them of siphoning natural resources from the developing world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/cuba-vp-blames-us-others-for-world-food-crisis.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:24:07 EDT When Hurricane Charlie tore through her apartment, Marcia Escalona considered herself lucky to land temporary housing on the Cuban capital's remote outskirts while communist authorities pledged to help her rebuild. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/136756-cuba-hurricane-housing.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/weary-cubans-still-displaced-by-past-hurricanes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/weary-cubans-still-displaced-by-past-hurricanes.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:10:27 EDT Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque declared Thursday that U.S. trade sanctions are the biggest obstacle for Cuba's recovery after hurricanes Ike and Gustav. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cuba-us-embargo-biggest-obstacle-for-recovery.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:27:46 EDT Cuban agriculture officials said Thursday they expect a six-month food crisis after hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged 30 percent of the island's crops, and they are moving to increase domestic production and control prices to ensure no one goes hungry. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/133778-cuba-hurricane-recovery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cuba-us-embargo-biggest-obstacle-for-recovery.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cuba-us-embargo-biggest-obstacle-for-recovery.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:26:45 EDT Cuban media says more than 5,000 people have applied to farm idle plots of government land as the island struggles to recover from hurricanes Gustav and Ike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/cubans-boost-farming-to-fight-post-storm-shortages.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:20:32 EDT Yenisel Rodriguez is a city-dwelling, 27-year-old anthropologist with zero experience working the land. But he thinks taking up urban farming could put more food on his table, and so he lined up Wednesday to ask Cuba's communist government for permission to try it himself. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/132811-cuba-land-reform.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/cubans-line-up-for-chance-to-use-idle-state-land.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/cubans-line-up-for-chance-to-use-idle-state-land.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:40:27 EDT Cuba has begun accepting applications from private farmers--both with and without experience--who want to till idle government land. President Raul Castro is struggling to revive Cuba's mismanaged agriculture sector and is hoping the private farmers will raise more food than state cooperatives have been able to. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/cubans-line-up-for-chance-to-use-idle-state-land.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:21:45 EDT Hundreds of Cuban writers, musicians and artists are asking the U.S. to ease trade restrictions and speed the import of food and building supplies to help the island rebuild after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/cuba-artists-ask-us-to-ease-sanctions-after-storms.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:02:52 EDT Gustav and Ike together delivered the worst hurricane-related blow in Cuba's storm-battered history, causing $5 billion in damages, the communist government said Monday night. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/cuba-says-gustav-ike-did-5-billion-damage.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:11:43 EDT Hurricanes Gustav and Ike together delivered the worst hurricane-related blow in Cuba's storm-battered history, causing "around US$5 billion" in collective damage, the communist government announced Monday night. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/cuba-estimates-gustav-ike-damages-at-us-5-billion.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:31:56 EDT Cuba says it will speed up plans to give private farmers and cooperatives idle plots of government land as it rushes to produce food after a pair of hurricanes ravaged island crops. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/cuba-pushes-for-production-of-idle-land.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:40:44 EDT Cuba on Sunday refused a U.S. offer of $100,000 for disaster relief but suggested that the American government ease financing restrictions for six months to allow the purchase of American materials needed for recovery after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/cuba-again-refuses-us-disaster-aid-in-storms-wake.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:02:56 EDT Cuba on Sunday refused a U.S. offer of US$100,000 for disaster relief but suggested that the American government ease financing restrictions for six months to allow the purchase of American materials needed for recovery after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/cuba-again-refuses-us-disaster-aid-in-storms-wake.htm Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:19:17 EDT Cuba has turned down U.S. storm relief handouts, but is asking for trade restrictions to be lifted so it can buy American materials to assist in its recovery from Hurricane Ike, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/cuba-seeks-to-buy-us-materials-for-ike-recovery.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:23:16 EDT Cuba has turned down U.S. storm relief handouts, but is asking for trade restrictions to be lifted so it can buy American materials to assist in its recovery from Hurricane Ike, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/127848-cuba-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/commerce-sec-us-may-ease-cuban-finance-limits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/commerce-sec-us-may-ease-cuban-finance-limits.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:16:34 EDT