Kommt diese, oder ähnliche Meldung, nicht alle paar Monate ?

Irgendwie schaffen die es doch immer

2006 und 2007 las man eher das Gegenteil.

Zitat von ElHombreBlanco

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Zitat von Reuters

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Cuban creditors and suppliers fret over payment

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban creditors and suppliers said this week they were worried the import-dependent nation faced a new cash crunch after it notified at least two foreign governments that it could not meet debt payments.
Western diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity for themselves and the countries involved, said ...

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Reis und Ölpreis ist schon auf rückzug, das schafft Luft. Die Lage ist bedeutend besser als vor ein paar Jahren.

von der Meinungsseite des Wall Street Journal:

Zitat von WSJ

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Castro Looks for a U.S. Lifeline
Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike inflicted misery on millions of Cubans. But when the Castro dictatorship looks at the devastation, it sees opportunity.
Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl, who took over as head of state in February, for years have been calling for an end to the U.S. embargo, which they say is starving Cuba. But Cuba can already buy from U.S. producers all the food and medicine it can pay cash for. What the totalitarian tag-team really wants is an end to the ban on private-sector credit to the Cuban government.(...)

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Zitat von Reuters

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Financial crisis one more woe for beleaguered Cuba
The global financial crisis has dealt another blow to communist Cuba, already reeling from two powerful hurricanes and soaring import prices, and it could force the government to speed up reforms, Western diplomats and businessmen say. The crisis has made credit tighter and softened demand for nickel, the island's key export. It could also slow tourism revenues and financial support from family members living abroad. It comes at a particularly bad time for Cuba, where there were already signs of a mounting foreign exchange shortage before the crisis surged on Wall Street and hurricanes Ike and Gustav caused at least $5 billion in damage, equivalent to more than 10 percent of Cuba's gross domestic product. (...)

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Die Lage ist mehr als ernst, wenn die Ministerin für Auslandsinvestitionen verspricht, Kuba werde "versuchen, seine Zahlungsverpflichtungen einzuhalten":

Zitat von EFE

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Ministra dice que Cuba está "tratando de cumplir" con todos sus compromisos
La ministra cubana para la Inversión Extranjera y la Comunicación, Marta Lomas, afirmó hoy que, pese a las dificultades que atraviesa el país tras ser azotado por dos huracanes, su gobierno está "tratando de cumplir" con todos sus compromisos. (...) Sin embargo, algunos socios, entre ellos la petrolera canadiense Pebercan, han informado de que la empresa estatal Cuba Petróleo (Cupet) está retrasada en el pago de los servicios de suministro de crudo. El portal de Internet http://www.cubadebate.com, en el que publica sus "reflexiones" del ex presidente Fidel Castro, aseguró el lunes pasado que Cuba no puede asumir los pagos de su deuda externa debido al "bloqueo" que mantiene en su contra Estados Unidos desde hace casi medio siglo. (...)

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