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The booksellers outside in the Plaza de Armas sell some fine old leather-bound volumes along with other used hardcovers and paperbacks. There are numerous biographies of Che Guevara and Fidel [...]

Independent booksellers are incensed that Amazon broke an embargo that prevented all retailers from selling The Testaments ahead of its September 10 release date. Amazon said a technical error resulted [...]

Oil shortage looms in 4th quarter if crisis continues World oil markets face a serious oil supply shortfall in the fourth quarter if the Middle East crisis is not resolved [...]

White House officials and pro-industry lawmakers hope ongoing events in the Middle east and Venezuela will help build interest in a US energy policy agenda that encourages domestic drilling, including [...]

The US' passage of the Helms-Burton Act that punishes foreign businesses dealing with expropriated properties in Cuba, has restricted the latter's access to foreign investments. Despite the law, Spain's hotel chain, the Sol Melia, remained defiant by expressing willingness to close its US businesses. However, most investors have withdrawn from Cuba, including Internationale Nederlanden Group (ING), Cuba's first foreign licensee since 1959. ING refused to renew $30 million in loans to sugar trading agency, Cubazucar., As foreign banks head towards Cuba, the US steps up its campaign to scare off investors with the threat of legal penalties. When Cuba granted a licence Internationale Nederlanen Group [...]

* New reports and the emerging official Israeli consensus have it that a military attack on Iran would actually not provoke massive, debilitating retaliation from the Islamic Republic. [NYT] * [...]

The tension which has followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait affects three aspects of fertilizer markets: prices; trade and the availability of product; and projects. Whilst each aspect is to some [...]

THE PRICE OF PEACE The economic weapons that ultimately may prove more successful than jet fighters in bringing Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to his knees may also hammer the economies [...]

Especially if you are Chinese Lifting Europe's embargo on arms sales to China could hurt its defence industry YOU cannot get much more patriotic than the American president's taxi. Pretty [...]

Imperialist burgers win a new consumer Embargo or not, the United States is now Fidel Castro's economic partner MANY Cubans dubbed 2002 'The Year of the Americans', and for good [...]

WASHINGTON -- Jan-28 -- (CongressDaily) Continuing restrictions on U.S. trade with Cuba cost farmers $1.24 billion a year in lost business, according to a report issued Monday by the pro-trade [...]

The Canadian cattle industry will probably not benefit much from the presence of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and BSE in Europe, according to industry sources. The EU's continued ban on beef [...]

It has been said that a good working definition of insanity is doing the sane thing over and over again and expecting different results. For 39 years now, since the [...]

200 tons The amount of embargoed foodstuffs confiscated in 2015 from the personal luggage of Moscow-bound travellers and international parcels. Any such cargo over 5 kilograms has been ruled by [...]

The Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation set up a fact-finding trip that explored possibility of trade and shipping between Cuba and the Port of Tampa. Carl Lindell came from this trip, believing that the port misses business opportunities due to the anti-Cuba embargo. He aims to persuade Florida members of the U.S. Congress to help in revoking the embargo.

The Vatican's secretary of state said he had asked Cuban leaders for 'gestures of reconciliation' and confirmed he would be the first foreign official to be received by the islansd [...]

August is the season for conversation about career choices. Every holiday party seems to include new graduates or next year's graduands in need of grown-up advice. Many yearn to be [...]

The lifting in April, of the regional embargo imposed on Burundi some two and a half years ago has come as a huge relief to the badly crippled economy. The [...]

US seafood importers and Cuban seafood exporters are eagerly awaiting the lifting of the 36-year old trade embargo imposed by the US against Cuba. The tiny Carribean island, which is very close to Florida, could provide the US with cheap and plentiful seafood products. The 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which calls for the lifting of the trade sanctions, may yet to be passed by Congress until Cuban President Fidel Castro dies or is ousted from power.

US sanctions against India have done little to impede investment in the country amid signs that Indian authorities may be building up their pronoucements to offset any potential damage. The Indian press has announced a host of agreements and approvals for projects, most significantly with American companies. Though the effects of sanctions is indefinite, the flurry of investments appears to challenge forecasts that the punishments for India's nuclear tests that began May 11, 1998 would check India's economy and investment.

The 37-year old US embargo on Cuba has not prevented the country from trying its own private enterprise. US exporters and manufacturers are left at a disadvantage as Cuban Pres Fidel Castro banks on private initiative patterned after American businesses. Castro-style capitalism has spawned a McDonald's style fastfood chain and luxury hotels patterned after international ones.

The economic embargo on Haiti ended on 1994 but its adverse effects are still being felt in the country. The increase in infrastructure projects after the lifting of the embargo has somewhat helped the country. However, the lack of dependable and robust foreign investments may not sustain the the country's economic recovery. Thus, the Haitian nation is in dire needs of foreign financial assistance., Aided by multilateral development institutions and foreign construction firms, Haiti is experiencing a mini-boom in infrastructure projects. But without significant private sector involvement, it may not be enough. The three-year [...]