[Marxism] Cuban Economic Growth Highlighted in Beijing

[Walter Lippmann <walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cuban Economic Growth Highlighted in Beijing

Havana, Sept 14 (acn) Cuban specialist, Osvaldo Martinez, who is
director of the Center of Research on World Economy in the island,
stressed in Beijing the outstanding economic growth of his country in
2005 and 2006.

Martinez noted that Cuba has overcome the toughest years of economic
crisis, despite the sudden collapse of the Eastern Europe socialist
block and the reinforcement of the brutal blockade imposed by
successive US administrations on the island over the last 45 years.

According to PL news agency, the Cuban expert briefed a group of
representatives from China's Communist Party, China's Foreign
Ministry and other governmental institutions on the island's current
economic situation.

Martinez also highlighted the social and energy programs undertaken
throughout the island that include the building of educational and
healthcare facilities.

He said some 26 million modern electrical appliances -most of them
made in China- had been distributed among the Cuban population up to
December 2006.

"Oil and gas production has grown more than consumption. National
crude currently covers 50 percent of the demand," said Martinez.

Osvaldo Martinez -who is in Beijing at the invitation of the Vice
President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhu Jiamu-, has
participated in several forums during his stay in that Asian nation.


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WALTER LIPPMANN
Editor-in-Chief, CubaNews
writer - photographer - activist
http://www.walterlippmann.com
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