Cuba Eases Rules for Small Business Lending - ABC News

Cuba Eases Rules for Small Business Lending ABC News Cuba says it's easing the terms of lending to private business owners in an attempt to boost the country's new small business sector. The new rules were published in the country's Official Gazette this week and publicized by state media Saturday. They ...

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Chinese Firm to Assemble Cars in Cuba - Havana Times

Chinese Firm to Assemble Cars in Cuba Havana Times Global Times quotes Geely as saying that the number of its vehicles on the streets in Cuba “has reached nearly 10,000 units,” utilized mainly by the Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of ...

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Bicycle use booming in Latin America - Business Mirror

Bicycle use booming in Latin America Business Mirror They are both part of the burgeoning growth of cycling as a transport solution in Latin America. But in the second-most urbanized region in the world, public sentiment toward bicycles is mixed, with some seeing them as a symbol of low socioeconomic ...

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Brazil jail fights kill 59 in 2013

At least 59 inmates have been killed in a single northern Brazilian prison this year, according to a judicial report detailing torture and sexual violence.



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Cuba desarrolla redes sociales para combatir el bloqueo de portales populares

Los cubanos denuncian que sus cuentas privadas de Facebook y Twitter han sufrido bloqueos y censura. Por ello se han desarrollado redes sociales nacionales alternativas que han ganado popularidad entre los isleños. "Actos como el 1 de mayo, cuando los cubanos se han reunido para promover ese tipo de acto en Twitter, se han cerrado las cuentas en masa de muchos cubanos", comentó el periodista y bloguero Manuel Enríquez Lagarde.



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Gobierno interino egpcio congela los fondos de la Hermandad Musulmana

El Gobierno interino egipcio aumentó su presión contra la Hermandad Muslmana (HM, islamistas) con la congelación de los fondos de la cúpula de la entidad y de organizaciones no gubernamentales afines, según precisiones circuladas este sábado. La medida abarca a 132 dirigentes de alto nivel de la HM, ilegalizada en septiembre pasado y declarada organización terroristas esta semana, y se basa en un decreto judicial, precisó el portavoz del Ministerio de Justicia Azzat Khamis, quien se abstuvo de revelar el monto de los bienes.



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Reparing a TV Antenna in Cuba - Havana Times

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Reparing a TV Antenna in Cuba Havana Times HAVANA TIMES — Imagine you don't have a broad range of recreational options for the evenings that came after long days of work, that your one alternative is TV programing and that this is the one means of warding off boredom in the time spanning ...

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