HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist Cuba is revamping the state wage system to create more incentive by allowing workers to earn as much as they can, local media said on Thursday, in the latest sign new President Raul Castro wants to improve the country's economic performance. Under Labor and Social Security resolution nine, and for the first time in decades, there is no limit on a state employee's earnings, state-television reported. "For the first time it is clearly and precisely stated that a salary does not have a limit, that the roof of a salary depends on productivity," economic commentator...
Dissident's death spurs new protests in Cuba
USA Today
USA Today
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Franklin Reyes, AP Physician Ismely Iglesias checks Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas' blood pressure last week. Farinas has since been taken to the...
US urges Cuba to free political prisoners
Zeenews
Zeenews
Washington: The United States called on Cuba to free more than 200 political prisoners after a leading Cuban dissident died following an 11-week hunger strike. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Washington...
Cuba once persecuted homosexuals, transsexuals, now quietly pays for sex-change operations
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
(AP) — Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a...
Cuba replaces civil aviation chief, former lieutenant to Che Guevara, with terse announcement
Star Tribune
Star Tribune

