Cuba turns back economy’s slowdown

The government expects to close 2015 with a 4 per cent GDP growth, after it ended last year with a minimum one per cent. The first signs are beginning to show in the first semester with a 4.7 per cent.

After several years of continuous economic slowdown, the Cuban government revealed during the Parliament session that concluded on July 15 a more solid reaction of the economy in 2015, despite the reiterated inefficiencies in investments and the already usual delays in the import of equipment and other resources.

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