http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/08/08/cuba-risky-business/
President Raul Castro claims to want more foreign investment...but arrests of investors there...are seen as a dangerous warning shot.
The communist nation has been quietly dealing with massive corruption at the top...with some foreigners suffering collateral damage.
2 Canadians have been sitting in a La Habana jail for almost a year...without charges...no trail date announced...and all assets confiscated.
The business atmosphere is so problematic that many foreign businesses have pulled out.
Gone are longtime investors Pizza Nova, Repsol and Italia Telecom.
Popular Posts
- MEXICO: Narcos "Force Down" Police Helicopter In Michoacan.
- MEXICO: Indigena Michoacan Residents Defy Narcos.
- MEXICO: Little Hope Remains For 9 Coal Miners After Explosion Kills 5; Billionaire Carlos Slim Slammed By Court.
- MEXICO: C.Bank Bought...90 Tons Of Gold...In Past 3 Months.
- SERBIA: Singer "Ceca" Charged With Embezzlement.
- HONDURAS: Zelaya Free To Return...After Arrest Warrants Dismissed.
- EASTERN EUROPE: 17 Mar. UPDATE: 2 New Nukes...Still In Poles Future...Despite Japanese Tragedy; Merkel Imposes Old Nukes Moratorium; Czechs, Slovaks And Others Support New Nukes.
- MONDAY MORNING MUSIC: From USA: Katy Perry's "Rainbow."
- ARGENTINA: Gen. Menendez...Gets Another Life Sentence...For Killing 5 During "Dirty War."
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
