Cuba’s Umpteenth Negotiation With the Paris Club for Non-Payments, Meanwhile Luxury Hotels Multiply

14ymedio, Madrid, 31 August 2023 — The future of Cuba’s 4.827 billion dollar debt with its Paris Club creditors is at stake today in Havana. According to the official press, William Roos, co-president of the institution, proposed establishing a new calendar in accordance with Cuba’s ability to pay after expressing that “there is understanding towards … Continue reading “Cuba’s Umpteenth Negotiation With the Paris Club for Non-Payments, Meanwhile Luxury Hotels Multiply”

The Paris Club Must Stop Financing the Repression in Cuba

14ymedio, Luis Zúñiga, Miami, 22 November 2021 — The Cuban regime faces a very delicate and dangerous situation to maintain itself in power. On the one hand, the July 11 protests, in more than 40 cities and towns, showed the disgust of the population, which is living under the longest dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere, as … Continue reading “The Paris Club Must Stop Financing the Repression in Cuba”

Cuba Postpones its Paris Club Debt Payment to 2022

14ymedio, Havana, 21 October 2021 — Cuba will not have make a debt payment to the Paris Club until next year, according to the British agency Reuters. The document signed between the parties in June represents a new moratorium for the Government of Havana by postponing until 2022 the resumption of debt payment, whose arrears … Continue reading “Cuba Postpones its Paris Club Debt Payment to 2022”

The Paris Club Advises Cuba to Devalue the Peso

14ymedio, Havana, January 28, 2021 — It appears that economic reforms recently enacted by the Cuban government will not be enough to satisfy its creditors. Several Western diplomats and businesspeople believe that it will have to devalue and deregulate more if it wants to revive a bankrupt economy, obtain credit or pay its debts. The experts, members … Continue reading “The Paris Club Advises Cuba to Devalue the Peso”

Cuba Asks the Paris Club to Suspend its Debt Payment for Two Years

14ymedio, Havana, 21 May 2020 — The Cuban government has asked its Paris Club creditors to suspend payment of their debt until 2022, according to France Presse. Havana, according to sources cited by the agency, made the request through a letter addressed to the 14 countries that make up the group, asking for “a moratorium for 2019, 2020 … Continue reading “Cuba Asks the Paris Club to Suspend its Debt Payment for Two Years”

Cuban Writer Nancy Morejon Withdraws as Honorary President of the Poetry Festival in Paris

14ymedio, Havana, 30 May 2023 — The denunciation of numerous intellectuals against Nancy Morejón — headed by the Cuban Jacobo Machover — has achieved its objective: the organizers of the Paris Poetry Market, a prestigious literary event held annually since 1983 in the French capital, will withdraw the official writer’s status as honorary president, although she will continue … Continue reading “Cuban Writer Nancy Morejon Withdraws as Honorary President of the Poetry Festival in Paris”

The London Club Offers the Cuban Government a Lifeline with Debt Relief

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 April 2021 — CRF I Ltd., the London Club’s main creditor of Cuban debt investment fund, has offered the Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel to convert 1.4 billion dollars of the securities Cuba owes into a zero coupon bond with no payments until 2026, an offer that would allow Cuba to return to international … Continue reading “The London Club Offers the Cuban Government a Lifeline with Debt Relief”

London Club Offers Cuba "Significant Debt Relief"

14ymedio, (with information from agencies), Havana, 13 February 2018 — The London Club, a powerful group that offers commercial credit to Cuba, offered the Government of Raul Castro “significant debt relief,” according to the Club’s coordinator Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, speaking to Reuters. The London Club represents three investment funds (Stancroft Trust, Adelante Exotic and CRF) and a commercial bank to … Continue reading “London Club Offers Cuba "Significant Debt Relief"”

Paris, June 4: Tribute to Imprisoned Writers / Angel Santiesteban

Editor’s note: This post is in French and is only partially translated here. Text of notice:In solidarity with the imprisoned Chinese writer Li Bifeng, the International Literary Festival of Berlin is calling on intellectuals and artists, schools and universities, media, theaters and other cultural institutions around the world to organize readings, June 4, 2013, on … Continue reading “Paris, June 4: Tribute to Imprisoned Writers / Angel Santiesteban”

Argentina Will Make a New Attempt To Collect the 2.8 Billion Dollars Owed by Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 4 September 2023 — The Argentine president, Alberto Fernández, will travel to Cuba for the G-77 plus China Summit, which will be held on September 15 and 16, with a proposal for the Cuban authorities to solve the historic debt that the Island has with the South American country. According to La Política … Continue reading “Argentina Will Make a New Attempt To Collect the 2.8 Billion Dollars Owed by Cuba”

Giving Hotels and National Resources to Foreigners Will Not Pay Cuba’s Huge Debt

14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, 15 July 2023 — The option of resolving Cuba’s external debt with the transfer of domestic resources to foreign companies, defended this Wednesday by the pro-government professor Juan Triana Cordoví, has been refuted by economist Pedro Monreal. Triana considers this option a way to refinance and “revitalize” socialism on the Island; for … Continue reading “Giving Hotels and National Resources to Foreigners Will Not Pay Cuba’s Huge Debt”

‘In Cuba, There Is No Good or Bad Opponent: The Opponent Is Whoever Confronts the Regime’

14ymedio, Havana, 29 April 2023 — According to French reporter Francis Matéo, the key to understanding Cuba’s political convulsions is to track the regime’s money: its phantom accounts abroad, the debts it cannot pay, what it charges for sending medical brigades and the budget it allocates to propaganda. The wear and tear of its methods … Continue reading “‘In Cuba, There Is No Good or Bad Opponent: The Opponent Is Whoever Confronts the Regime’”

Cuba’s National Bank Will Appeal the British Judgment on the Debt

14ymedio, Havana, 6 April 2023 — The Banco Nacional de Cuba (BNC) will appeal the sentence of the Superior Court of Justice of London which, on Tuesday, ruled in favor of the investment fund CRF I Limited by recognizing its rights to a debt of 72 million euros contracted by the Island. Although judge Sara Cockerill granted a small technical … Continue reading “Cuba’s National Bank Will Appeal the British Judgment on the Debt”

Cuban Regime Disguises as a Victory its Defeat in the London Trial for the National Bank of Cuba Debt

14ymedio, Madrid, 4 April 2023 — The High Court of Justice in London ruled on Tuesday in favor of the investment fund CRF I Limited by recognizing its rights to a debt of 72 million euros contracted by the Island, although it has released the Cuban State from its direct responsibility. Judge Sara Cockerill has … Continue reading “Cuban Regime Disguises as a Victory its Defeat in the London Trial for the National Bank of Cuba Debt”

The Trial on Cuba’s Sovereign Debt in London, in Five Questions

EFE (via 14ymedio), London, February 3, 2023 — The trial in London of the  claim for non-payment of the CRF I investment fund to the National Bank of Cuba (BNC) and the Republic of Cuba for 72 million euros (78 million dollars) of public debt went to trial on Thursday. 1. What will be decided … Continue reading “The Trial on Cuba’s Sovereign Debt in London, in Five Questions”