Cuba
Cuba
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SectorCuban financial services co-op Scenius shut down by government
The move has sparked concern that economic reforms which have strengthened the country’s co-op movement are being halted
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AgricultureNCBA CLUSA calls on President Trump to build relationship with Cuba and its co-op sector
The apex organisations for co-operative enterprises, NCBA CLUSA, has sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of progress on the US-Cuban relations. The memo, US Policy Towards Cuba: The...
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Banking and InsuranceCuba blames US sanctions for Co-op Bank closures
Cuba’s permanent mission to the UN has denounced the sanctions imposed by the USA after the Co-operative Bank closed the accounts of the British Cuba Solidarity Campaign. In a press statement, Cuban officials say the Bank’s...
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DemocracyCuba: Reforms offer a boost for the country’s new co-operatives
The Cuban government has announced new measures to support non-agricultural co-ops, with new wholesale and retail centres for co-operatives and self- employed workers in the food and services sectors. The plan, to give access to...
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EducationCo-op schools help to reform Cuba’s education system
This week presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro shook hands in a historic meeting, and the normalisation of relations between America and Cuba has already started to have an impact on Cuban society. Co-operatives continue...
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AgricultureCuba: Co-op growth slows
As Cuba continues its efforts to open to more trade, the number of new co-ops being set up has decreased. According to figures released by the country’s National Statistics Office, only 22 new co-operatives were...
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Democracy
Cuba: the first cooperatives in industry and services
124 cooperatives recently became operative in various sectors in Cuba. 25 of them are active in the sectors of construction, transport and waste collection. Until recently, cooperative enterprises were active only in the field of...
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Business
A Cuban delegation at the Summit!
A Cuban delegation of 10 influential people from a burgeoning cooperative movement in that country confirmed that they will take part in the 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives and Imagine 2012, the International Conference on...
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Environment
Cuba Seeks to Guarantee Food Supplies in Changing Climate*
Ivet Gonzalez In the face of the challenge of producing more food in a changing climate, farmers in Cuba are coming up with alternatives like planting drought-resistant crops and digging ponds to guarantee water supplies,...
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Agriculture
Cuban Cooperatives Advance, Diversify
Author: John Eicholz patti waters We were lucky to be invited by Wendy Holm, a Canadian agronomist,