Cuba

Project: Conducting Business in Cuba There are several things that a business should consider before doing business with Cuba. Do your research before investing in Cuba because it is illegal for most U.S. companies to expand their operations into Cuba due to the trade embargo that was put in place in 1962 and is still in effect today. Another issue that could pose a problem is the American-Cuba treaty of 1903 that forbids private enterprise. Language barriers are something else to think about…

Cuba: Communism After Fidel Castro’s Death? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is better known to the world as Fidel Castro. Cuba’s dictator died on November 25, 2016 at the age of 90. With his passing, begins the issue about the path Cuba will take regarding the country’s future political stance. Does it set aside the decades of dictatorship ruling and transform into a democratic state or, will it continue in its’ current status as a one party communist government? The United States long tourism ban…

African peoples who were imported to Cuba during the 16th through 19th centuries to work on the sugar plantations. Santería blends elements of Christianity and West African beliefs and as such made it possible for the slaves to retain their traditional beliefs while appearing to practice Catholicism. La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady Of Charity) is the Catholic patroness of Cuba, and is greatly revered by the Cuban people and seen as a symbol of Cuba. In Santería, she has been…

Originally Cuba's abortion laws were subject to the "restrictive penal code of Spain" under which all forms of induced abortions were illegal (Bélanger and Flynn 15; UN Abortion Policy Cuba 2). The restrictions lifted slightly, "with the inception of the Social Defense Code in 1938, induced abortion became permissible in three situations", which were danger to the mother's life, presence of fetal birth defects, and when the pregnancy was the result of rape" (Bélanger and Flynn 15). However, by…

be. Cuba, although it does not have huge amounts of resources and it is categorized as a developing country, it has some of the most advanced biotechnology and continues to research it. Many might say that Cuba 's biotechnology is on par if not more advanced than U.S 's, as evident by the life expectancy: Cuba being 79.07 years and the US being 78.74 (Cuba GDP, Trading Economics). This is peculiar knowing that U.S, an advanced democratic country, has a life expectancy slightly lower than Cuba, a…

Cuba Holidays, Comfort and Quality of Life By Miguel Gibson Galguera | Submitted On August 21, 2012 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Miguel Gibson Galguera Holidays in Cuba can also be a…

the coup and the negative connotation it would bring to United Fruit’s already bad image. On the United Fruit website when discussing their history, this is the reference to the Cuban coup: “A group of Cuban exiles unsuccessfully attempts to invade Cuba and depose Fidel Castro.”. There is no reference to them supplying the boats and some of the weapons for the attack on the official…

differences and similarities of Cubans and Americans. Cuba has many differences between America. This is because as shown on (http://country-facts.findthedata.com/compare/1-18/United-States-vs-Cuba) Cuba has a 3.3 chance of an unemployment rate, while as the United States has a 6.2 chance of an unemployment rate. Another reason Cuba has many differences between America is that the CPI based inflation rate for America is 0.12%, while as Cuba has no CPI based inflation rate, as shown from…

economy. In October of 1960, the United States put an embargo on trade with Cuba because of the actions from the new government put into place and controlled by Fidel Castro. Tensions with the country raised after they became allies with the communist Soviet Union, who at the time was an enemy of the United States (Cuba). The embargo is still in place today and it causes controversy over what should be done about relations with Cuba.…

past 2 years, America and Cuba have struck unprecedented ground in restoring relations. Having been at odds since 1961, many politicians believed the two countries would not restore ties any time soon. The tumultuous U.S.-Cuba relationship is rooted in the Cold War. Following the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. levied an economic and diplomatic embargo which would last for the next 54 years. As recently as December 2014, the United States and Cuba agreed to restore…