Cuba
Chronology of Coverage
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Apr. 8, 2014
Rajiv Shah, head of the United States Agency for International Development, has set off a fierce debate over the way the agency operates and will face tough questions about his $20 billion budget in testimony to Congress; under Shah, agency has upended traditional foreign aid, using loan guarantees from American corporations to secure local financing and projects like creating social media site to try to foment unrest in Cuba.MORE » -
Apr. 6, 2014
Embargo on Cuba is blocking independent movie producers in country from getting American investments, even by crowdfunding; Cuban filmmaking has changed significantly in recent years, as state’s role has shrunk, digital technology has made independent productions more feasible, and Internet has opened tantalizing avenues to funding, but financial and legal restrictions are still stifling.MORE » -
Apr. 4, 2014
Obama administration acknowledges that it had attempted, and failed, to build a Twitter-like social media site in Cuba, but insists that it was intended to encourage political discussion, not foment rebellion.MORE » -
Mar. 30, 2014
Cuban lawmakers, following extraordinary session of Parliament, approve law intended to make country more attractive to foreign investors; measure is seen as vital for the island’s struggling economy.MORE » -
Mar. 26, 2014
Caracas Journal; many Venezuelan protestors are as angry at Cuba's government as they are at their own; some contend that Cuba and its leader Raul Castro have siphoned off Venezuela's oil wealth, forced socialism on their country and helped organize crackdown on dissent; rancor is echoed by Cuban opposition, which has thrown itself behind the Venezuelan protesters' cause with gusto.MORE »
Highlights From the Archives
Where Is Cuba Going?
Not long ago, there were smart people who doubted
that such a thing as a post-Fidel Cuba could even exist. What comes
after the Castros is as much of a mystery as ever.
September 23, 2012magazineNews
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Cuba: American Ends Hunger Strike
Alan P. Gross, an American contractor imprisoned in
Cuba, ended a hunger strike on Friday after eight days of protesting his
treatment by the Cuban and United States governments.
April 12, 2014, Saturday
Cuba Social Media Project Was No Plot, Agency Says
The head of the United States aid agency told
Congress that the program was not meant to destabilize the Cuban
government, only to promote open communication.
April 9, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON CUBA AND: Shah, Rajiv, Cuba, Social Media, United States Agency for International Development, Leahy, Patrick J
U.S. Contractor Held in Cuba Begins a Hunger Strike
Saying the United States government has done too
little to help him, Alan Gross demanded that President Obama get
involved in his case.
April 9, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON CUBA AND: United States Agency for International Development, Gross, Alan, Cuba, Hunger Strikes
In Switch, Development Agency Welcomes Business and Technology to Poverty Fight
Rajiv Shah, head of the United States Agency for
International Development, has set off a fierce debate over the way the
agency operates and the usefulness of traditional foreign aid.
April 8, 2014, Tuesday
Struggling to Film in America’s Chokehold
The embargo on Cuba is blocking independent movie
producers on the island from getting American investments, even by
crowdfunding.
April 6, 2014, Sunday
U.S. Says It Tried to Build a Social Media Site in Cuba, but Failed
The Obama administration insists that the effort to
create a Twitter-like network was intended to encourage political
discussion, not to foment rebellion.
April 4, 2014, Friday
In Cuba, Unequal Reform
One group has been systematically excluded from the country’s transformations: the professionals.
April 2, 2014, Wednesday
Cuba Moves to Attract More Foreign Investment
Cuban lawmakers on Saturday replaced a 1995 foreign
investment law that has lured less overseas capital than the island’s
Communist leaders had hoped.
March 30, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON CUBA AND: Cuba, Foreign Investments
Protesting in Venezuela, With Antipathy Toward Cuba’s Government
Many Venezuelan protesters have also focused their
resentment on Cuba’s government, which, they say, has leeched off
Venezuela’s oil wealth and grafted its rigid brand of socialism onto
their country.
March 26, 2014, Wednesday
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