cuentapropistas /tags/cuentapropistas cuentapropistas en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:07:06 GMT Cuba's Fledgling Entrepreneurs Are Determined To Survive The Island's Currency Chaos /news/2021-01-12/cubas-fledgling-entrepreneurs-are-determined-to-survive-the-islands-currency-chaos Cuentapropistas, or private Cuban business owners like Marta Deus are under threat but "getting strategic." They're convinced they're the island's economic future. Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:07:06 GMT /news/2021-01-12/cubas-fledgling-entrepreneurs-are-determined-to-survive-the-islands-currency-chaos Tim Padgett Cuba Finally Connects To The Internet. Too Bad The U.S. Has Disconnected From Cuba. /news/2019-05-30/cuba-finally-connects-to-the-internet-too-bad-the-u-s-has-disconnected-from-cuba COMMENTARYFour years ago this month I sat in a Wynwood restaurant with a bunch of rookie Cuban entrepreneurs and watched their eyes bug out.A Miami online… Thu, 30 May 2019 13:50:11 GMT /news/2019-05-30/cuba-finally-connects-to-the-internet-too-bad-the-u-s-has-disconnected-from-cuba Tim Padgett Cubans Here, On The Island Say New Visitor Visa Hurts Their Interests – And U.S. Interests /show/latin-america-report/2019-04-01/cubans-here-on-the-island-say-new-visitor-visa-hurts-their-interests-and-u-s-interests It’s been less than a month since the visitor visas for Cubans coming to the U.S. were scaled down. A lot.They used to be good for five years and you… Mon, 01 Apr 2019 21:30:00 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-04-01/cubans-here-on-the-island-say-new-visitor-visa-hurts-their-interests-and-u-s-interests Tim Padgett Cuba To Allow New Private Businesses Again – But Government Will Exert More Control /news/2018-07-10/cuba-to-allow-new-private-businesses-again-but-government-will-exert-more-control We haven’t heard much from Miguel DĂ­az-Canel since he became the new President of Cuba three months ago. But new regulations for private Cuban businesses… Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:08:35 GMT /news/2018-07-10/cuba-to-allow-new-private-businesses-again-but-government-will-exert-more-control Tim Padgett Sonic Blasts And Economic Blunders: An Embarrassing Summer For Cuba /news/2017-08-11/sonic-blasts-and-economic-blunders-an-embarrassing-summer-for-cuba COMMENTARYThis is turning out to be quite the embarrassing summer for communist Cuba.This week the State Department revealed that two Cuban diplomats… Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:59:10 GMT /news/2017-08-11/sonic-blasts-and-economic-blunders-an-embarrassing-summer-for-cuba Tim Padgett Making It Legal: Cuba's Entrepreneurs Get Some R-E-S-P-E-T-O /news/2016-05-24/making-it-legal-cubas-entrepreneurs-get-some-r-e-s-p-e-t-o Last month we thought Cuba’s communist hardliners had put the brakes on growing the island’s private sector. But you never know with Cuba.Today Havana… Tue, 24 May 2016 21:59:06 GMT /news/2016-05-24/making-it-legal-cubas-entrepreneurs-get-some-r-e-s-p-e-t-o Tim Padgett Cuba's Communist State Is Now A Client Of Its Capitalist Entrepreneurs /show/latin-america-report/2016-03-22/cubas-communist-state-is-now-a-client-of-its-capitalist-entrepreneurs HAVANA - RubĂ©n Valladares just might be one of the most important entrepreneurs in Cuba.No, he’s not a tourism tycoon. He’s not a tech titan.Truth is, he… Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:29:43 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2016-03-22/cubas-communist-state-is-now-a-client-of-its-capitalist-entrepreneurs Tim Padgett