Trump administration bans most scheduled flights to Cuba
Source : Johannes Werner Mon Oct 28, 12:20 pm ESTThe Trump administration announced Oct. 25 it will ban U.S. airlines from offering scheduled flights to nine provincial destinations in Cuba, leaving Havana as the only destination in Cuba. The biggest impact is on Cuban American family travel. Previous Top Stories
Economy
Spain signs €57m aid agreement
The signing was witnessed by King Felipe VI, during the first-ever official visit of Spanish royalty to Cuba.
OPEC development fund lends $25m for Havana water project
Maduro to Cubans: Two new tankers will ensure oil supplies
Q&A: Economic discussion and management in Cuba
Argus: At oil conference, Cuba is re-offering deepwater frontier acreage
Reuters: Cuba takes another swipe at dual currency system
Reuters: Cuban leaders rally sugar workers to produce more with less
Reuters: Cuba attracts $1.7bln in foreign investment despite U.S. sanctions
Companies
Cuba opens new channel for Chinese tourism
Giving hope for a revival of Cuba's stalled tourism growth, Shanghai-based Trip.com Group will market the destination through its travel portals
Mariel lands project No. 50: An Italian dairy product manufacturer
Mariel Zone lands Portuguese company
Cuba real estate fund sees drop in asset value
Daily Mirror: TUI launches Cuba link
Reuters: Amazon sued for marketing Cuban charcoal produced on land seized in 1960
Reuters: Cuban American files Title III suit against American Airlines, LatAm Airlines
CNBC: Carnival CEO: Cuba travel ban cost us 4 to 6 cents/share in guidance
Politics
China: Not an unconditional partner
With Cuba, it's not ideology that matters most, not even geo-strategic considerations.
Analysis: Who is who in the new power structure?
Two key players of U.S.-Cuba normalization to headline conference
U.S. fines GE over business with Sherritt joint venture
Al Jazeera: U.S. will help 'prevent Latin America protests from becoming riots'
Reuters: Cuba ups pressure on U.S. embassy in Havana
Law360: Carnival pushes to win suit over use of Cuban port
Reuters: Cuba cries foul as doctors head home from Bolivia
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Data & Maps
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Less dependency on goods exports — in part due to a collapse of production
Cuba is no longer a country whose economy depends solely on the export of goods. This is not necessarily good news, however, because this change happened not only due to a diversification of sources of income — which has indeed been implemented — but because it is also the result of a collapse in the production of exportable goods.
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A first for Havana: The Jan. 27 tornado and its destruction
According to the construction ministry, 3,780 dwellings were affected; of those, 372 are completely destroyed, 518 are partially destroyed. More than 500 roofs were lost and more than 1,800 damaged.
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Cuba’s crude oil and natural gas output has practically been stagnating since 2003.
In fact, production of oil fields in the old Havana province (now Mayabeque province), including those of Guanabo, Boca de Jaruco, Santa Cruz and Puerto Escondido, decreased by one-third (-32.1%) over the past 10 years, from a record 1.87 million tons of oil, or 32,350 b/d*.
Meanwhile, yields in Matanzas province helped offset the decline in Havana/Mayabeque. Oil output at the Seboruco, Varadero-Cárdenas, Cantel and Majaguillar fields grew by one-third (34.4%) in the same period, to a record 1.54 million tons or 26,670 b/d in 2015.
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