http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/ en-us Latin Trade Group Merit Designs ICM 60 News info@latinbusinesschronicle.com info@latinbusinesschronicle.com http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/rss/rss.gif http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/ http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3668 BY JERRY HAARThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution and the 47th year since a ban on trade was instituted by the U.S. government. While the debate still rages as to whether the embargo is a prejudicial and ineffective anachronism or a noble and virtuous moral statement that will eventually produce its intended results, one thing is crystal clear—anti-embargo proponents have been steadily gaining momentum and appear to have the upper hand. The Obama Administration is searching for a plausible pretext, no matter how small, to incrementally dismantle the embargo. Lifting it entirely is one of the few foreign policy issues on which business and labor and congressional Democrats and Republicans appear to agree. Perspectives Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:41:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3668 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3570 BY JUAN TAMAYO Perspectives Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:33:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3570 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3515 BY JOACHIM BAMRUD Special Reports Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:47:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3515 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3366 BY JORGE PIÑON Perspectives Mon, 4 May 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3366 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3327 BY CHRONICLE STAFFPresident Barack Obama's liberalization of restrictions on U.S. telecom services in Cuba won't lead to any surge in business any time soon, although the Caribbean island has big potential with the right policies in place, experts say. Special Reports Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:37:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3327 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3291 BY CHRONICLE STAFF As the Obama Administration plans to ease the U.S. travel restrictions for Cuba, some Cuba experts are urging constraint until the Caribbean island undergoes changes. "Nothing should be done unilaterally," says Carlos Gutierrez, a non-resident scholar at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) and U.S. commerce secretary from 2005 until January. "Any changes should be linked to real changes for the Cuban people."Gutierrez, a former CEO and Chairman of Kellogg’s, was born in Cuba in 1953 and lived there until his family fled the island when Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959. TRAVEL LIBERALIZATION News Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:24:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3291 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3188 BY JAIME SUCHLICKI Perspectives Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:57:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3188 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2597 BY LATIN AMERICA ADVISORInter-American Dialogue Perspectives Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2597 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2431 BY LORO HORTA Perspectives Mon, 26 May 2008 11:33:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2431 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2108 BY ERIC N. BAKLANOFF Perspectives Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:33:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=2108