Cuba Reforms

Cuba: No 'Concession To The Enemy'

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 03.30.2012

HAVANA -- President Raul Castro delivered a full-throated defense of Cuba's one-party political system on Sunday, and a sharp warning to Communist Par...

For First Time Since Revolution, Cuba Allows Sale, Purchase Of Private Real Estate

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 01.03.2012

HAVANA -- For the first time in a half-century, Cubans will be allowed to buy and sell real estate openly, bequeath property to relatives without rest...

Cuba's Leader Proposes Sweeping Reforms

AP | By PETER ORSI | Posted 06.16.2011

HAVANA -- Raul Castro proposed term limits Saturday for Cuban politicians – including himself – a remarkable gesture on an island ruled fo...

Cuba Details Free-Market Reforms

PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's communist leaders mapped out a brave new world of free enterprise on Friday, approving a laundry list of small-time businesses,...

Cuba To Cut 500,000 Government Workers, Reduce Restrictions On Private Enterprise

AP | WILL WEISSERT and PAUL HAVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

HAVANA — Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state workers by early next year and reduce restrictions on private ente...

Cuba Enacts 2 Surprising Free-Market Reforms

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.25.2011

HAVANA — Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years &ndash...