by Shane English | Mar 15, 2016 |
Dear readers, Naples Daily News journalists Maria Perez and David Albers recently spent two weeks reporting in Cuba. Their reporting, in partnership with the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, found that the communist...
by Shane English | Sep 17, 2015 |
Dollars offer immediate benefit to struggling economy HAVANA — Tourists take refuge from the sun in the shade of Juan Agustin Plasencia’s restaurant in Old Havana. They enjoy the food and drinks, and the taste of Cuba he offers. On the yellow walls are a Coca-Cola...
by Shane English | Jan 3, 2016 |
Cuba’s Port of Mariel and business development offer hope for better economy, image MARIEL, Cuba — A plaque on the building that houses the offices of the Port of Mariel describes the vision Cuba has for the terminal. “Mariel Containers Terminal: Door to the...
by Shane English | Mar 17, 2016 |
For the Spanish company Hotelsa, Cuba is a good business partner. Hotelsa, one of five foreign companies investing in the Mariel Special Development Zone near the port of Mariel, is building a factory that will produce products for hotels, hospitals, schools and...
by Shane English | Nov 3, 2015 |
U.S. equipment imports could transform countryside PUERTA DE GOLPE, Cuba — Before the sun comes up each morning, Carlos Yamil González is working with his father-in-law in the quiet fields nearly 100 miles west of Havana. With the help of two men, the four ranchers,...
