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content 04/2017<br />
UP FRONT<br />
10 IDEAS + INNOVATION<br />
For U.S. companies exploring opportunities<br />
in Cuba, look to biotechnology<br />
and energy<br />
28 MINING<br />
Rose Petroleum hopes for an exclusive<br />
deal in Cuba to mine gypsum, an ‘essential<br />
input’ for construction supplies.<br />
LIFESTYLE<br />
WE GROW TRADE ®<br />
12 OPINION<br />
Even in the new trade environment<br />
being championed by President Donald<br />
Trump, U.S. companies will need<br />
offshore capabilities<br />
14 INDEX<br />
Cuba has shown the international<br />
community that it’s willing to repay<br />
its foreign debt. Will its current recession<br />
put that ability at risk?<br />
30 ENTREPRENEURS<br />
How a California-Cuban couple<br />
started a café in Havana<br />
86 CUBAN ART<br />
The latest exhibition of post-revolution<br />
Cuban art on display at<br />
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts is a<br />
testimony to time and displacement<br />
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF TAKING THE BEST OF ARKANSAS TO THE WORLD<br />
32 TRADE<br />
Pennsylvania legislators flew to Havana<br />
with a simple idea for getting<br />
around the 55-year-old embargo<br />
against Cuba: Trade agricultural<br />
products for rum<br />
18 PANORAMA<br />
Deals, events and transactions of note<br />
for trade and investment<br />
in Cuba<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
22 WASHINGTON REPORT<br />
Can ‘dealmaker’ Trump resolve the<br />
decades-old Cuba claim problem?<br />
36 INTERVIEW<br />
An Interview with Argelia Balboa<br />
Monzón from Cuba’s Ministry of<br />
Energy and Mines<br />
40 SPORTS<br />
Cubans are embracing soccer, despite<br />
the country’s fondness for baseball—<br />
and its unusual political history with<br />
the beautiful game<br />
90 REPORTERS NOTEBOOK<br />
A veteran Cuba watcher revisits the<br />
city and province of Holguín after a<br />
20-year absence to discover that much<br />
has changed<br />
94 BOOK REVIEW<br />
Mark Kurlansky’s Havana:<br />
A Subtropical Delirum offers an intimate<br />
look into what makes Havana a<br />
city like no other<br />
FINAL WORD<br />
24 TRANSPORTATION<br />
American Airlines opens the first ticket<br />
office in Havana for any regularly<br />
scheduled U.S. airline<br />
96 IN CLOSING<br />
Want to make America first? Then lift<br />
the embargo<br />
26 CUBA BRAND<br />
Cuba’s iconic cigars see a rise in<br />
worldwide sales as U.S. market grows<br />
44 AGRICULTURE<br />
In suburban Havana, Cuba’s organic<br />
farming sector thrives<br />
RICE<br />
TIMBER<br />
POULTRY<br />
SOY<br />
6 CUBATRADE APRIL 2017<br />
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