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...Pavel Vidal, a former Cuban central bank economist now at Colombia’s Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, said sanctions against Moscow were weakening Russia’s ability to support Havana and would “add...
...The Cuban regime is facing the biggest threat to its authority in decades, just four months after President Miguel Díaz-Canel consolidated his power on the communist-run island....
...The peso, which has been artificially set at parity with the US dollar for decades, will be valued at 24 pesos to the dollar from January 1, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel announced late on Thursday....
...Only weeks after devaluing the peso and scrapping a dual currency system, President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s government said over the weekend it would open up most of the economy to private businesses....
...On April 19, Mr Castro, 86, will step down as president and likely be replaced by Miguel Díaz-Canel, 57, the vice-president....
...Raúl Castro, 86, stood down as president of Cuba and was replaced by Miguel Díaz-Canel, 57, the vice-president....
...ham croquetas “in the style of Ana”, the chef and Vidal’s wife (the restaurant has been in the family for more than 60 years)....
...John Plender is an FT columnist and author of ‘Capitalism: Money, Morals and Markets’ (Biteback) Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters Letter in response to this article: Banking system sometimes needs a dose...
...But two years later, Cuba remains only part way through that transformation process, as even Miguel Díaz-Canel, the new vice-president, admitted recently on state television....
...He is now a one-man catchment and protection area for foreign fugitives, such as the young Gabon stowaway Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) pursued by immigration police....
...Still, designers, such as Miguel Duarte at furniture company Zaum, are persevering....
...On Friday, José Miguel Insulza, the OAS’s secretary-general, said that the challenge against RCTV was tantamount to “censorship” to a degree not seen in Latin America since military dictatorships were prevalent...
...“The announcements have created a lot of uncertainty, not only about the stock market, but also about the private sector in general,” said Miguel Octavio, executive director at BBO Servicios Financieros,...
...Miguel Octavio, executive director at BBO Servicios, a brokerage, said the big question being asked by investors was whether the government would abide by the country’s capital markets law, which requires...
...Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spain’s foreign minister, said on Wednesday that EADS-Casa, a subsidiary of the European aerospace company, had cancelled a contract to sell 12 transport aircraft to Venezuela because...
...Spain’s Alejo Vidal-Quadras was the hoarse voice most vocally in support, arguing that it was unenforceable among individual members....
...Miguel Octavio, president of brokerage BBO Servicios Financieros, said that the issue would now probably be followed by a government offer to buy back other outstanding bonds – possibly debt conversion bonds...
...Miguel Octavio, a stockbroker in Caracas who formerly worked as a researcher at Venezuela's scientific research institute, said Venezuela had few nuclear physicists to develop atomic energy....
...‘‘A local swap is essential,’’ said Miguel Octavio, president of BBO Servicios, a brokerage based in Caracas. ‘‘They need to restructure the domestic debt in the short term.’’...
...Chile’s interior minister, José Miguel Insulza, appears set to be elected head of the Organisation of American States on Monday following the withdrawal yesterday of his only rival, Mexico’s foreign minister...
...José Miguel Insulza, the Chilean interior minister, tied 17-17 in a vote last week with Luis Ernesto Derbéz, the Mexican foreign minister, after five rounds of voting at the OAS's headquarters in Washington...
...“The meeting between Uribe and Chávez will not spell the end of tensions between these two countries,” said Miguel Diaz, senior associate in the South America Project at the Center for Strategic and International...
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