Russian Business in Cuba: from Ideology to Pragmatism

... anyone ready to cooperate. More than that, Havana is not eager to aggravate relations with the United States, as seen from its neutral attitude to American defector Edward Snowden, unlike the initial reaction of Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela. However, Russian businesses do enjoy advantages vis-à-vis their competitors as many Cuban industrial, farming and transportation facilities are equipped with Soviet machinery, some enterprises still use Soviet technologies, and many engineers and technicians have been trained in the USSR. Although there are more objective and subjective ...