Πέθανε ο Φιντέλ Κάστρο

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Μερικα στοιχεια απο βικιπαιδια

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είναι λίγο βαρύ να λέτε τον Φιδέλ Μπέλα

[ВладимирВладимирович]

INTEREST in Cuba's unique brand of biotechnology has been growing since May 2002, when America's undersecretary of state, John Bolton, said that the island was developing “a limited offensive biological warfare” programme. The Cubans vehemently denied this. Whatever the truth of that claim, one thing is clear: Fidel Castro's scientists have been churning out an impressive line of genetically engineered products, from fast-growing fish to recombinant vaccines and cancer therapeutics.

Cuba has spent over 20 years and a reported $1 billion building up its biotech industry. Unfortunately, the industry has little to show for this effort in the way of sales or profits, largely because its marketing skills lag far behind its scientific prowess. This will not come as a shock to capitalists.

Biotechnology Havana, a big conference held in the Cuban capital this week, aimed to bring together scientists and businessmen as part of the country's renewed search for risk capital from abroad.

There remain huge political obstacles to developing the industry's commercial potential, not least the fact that Cuba is still a socialist dictatorship. Many foreign firms are understandably deterred by the prospect of meddling government bureaucrats. Many others are also put off by America's Helms-Burton act, which could shut them out of American markets for doing business in Cuba. Yet so-called “receptor companies”, such as Canada's YM BioSciences (YMB), which both develop and package Cuban products, have been busy agreeing joint-venture licences with some of Havana's leading biotech centres.

One of the most promising drugs promoted this week is a novel anti-cancer vaccine developed by YMB and Havana's Centre of Molecular Immunology. David Allan, boss of YMB, says that the drug is evidence of a Cuban ability to “think outside the box” in approaching cancer treatment.

A big goal of this week's meeting was to dispel the belief that Cuban biotech has prospered by developing knock-off versions of already patented drugs: a common complaint against the drugs industries of poorer countries. Cuban officials say their country enforces international protocols, such as the World Trade Organisation's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement. True, they admit, the Cuban state does own the intellectual property embodied in the products of the country's biotech research institutes. But this, they say, is little different to the institutional ownership of patents in America by bodies such as university regents. The result in both cases, they say, can be good, affordable drugs.

The United Nations has not been slow to jump on the bandwagon. In 2000, a World Health Organisation inspection approved Cuba's hepatitis B vaccine for use in the UN's vaccination campaign. Also included in Cuba's growing intellectual-property portfolio is the patent on a meningitis B vaccine, now undergoing further clinical trials with GlaxoSmithKline. Several other Canadian and European biotech firms have followed YMB's lead, licensing Cuban technology. Given the interest generated at Biotechnology Havana, many more such joint ventures may now be in the offing.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Cuba

Ενώ αυτά άνετα θα μπορούσαν να λυθούν μέχρι τα τέλη του 1980 και να έρθει στην οικονομική ανάπτυξη η χώρα

GDP by sector
Agriculture: 4%, industry: 23.5%, services: 72.7% (2015 est.)

Labor force
5.111 million (Public sector: 72.3%, Personal sector: 27.7%) (2015 est.)

GDP growth
4.7% (2015 est.)

Labor force by occupation
Agriculture: 18%, industry: 10%, services: 72% (2013 est.)

απ ότι φαίνεται έχει υψηλό ποσοστό στη γεωργία

χωρίς βιομηχανία δεν υπάρχει πρόοδος

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φτώχεια, βρομιά, πορνεία

[ВладимирВладимирович]

Ο πινακας ειναι σε nominal δολλαρια και δεν αποδεικνυει πραγματικη κατασταση οικονομιας της Κουβας.

[ВладимирВладимирович]

φτώχεια, βρομιά, πορνεία

Ευκολακι μπορω να φτιαξω ενα παρομοιο βιδεο με πλανα απο Αθηνα ή Θεσσαλονικη. Εκτος απο τα ρετρο αυτοκινητα βεβαια.

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Ο πινακας ειναι σε nominal δολλαρια και δεν αποδεικνυει πραγματικη κατασταση οικονομιας της Κουβας.

όχι αλλά δείχνει την τάση

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Ευκολακι μπορω να φτιαξω ενα παρομοιο βιδεο με πλανα απο Αθηνα ή Θεσσαλονικη. Εκτος απο τα ρετρο αυτοκινητα βεβαια.

άστα αυτά έτσι είναι όλη η Χαβάνα και άλλες πόλεις.

Η Ελλάδα είναι θεός μπροστά της ακόμη και επί κρίσης που διανύει.

Ο Κάστρο είχε την ευκαιρία να πάει μπροστά την κούβα και την έκανε χαβούζα. Ακόμη και σήμερα, το σκάνε από το νησί νέοι. Πιστεύω το 80% των κουβανών έριξαν ένα γερό χορό σπίτι.

Δεν λέω ΡΙΠ, μάλλον το αντίθετο μου έρχεται, αλλά βέβαια ο Κάστρο είχε την ατυχία να συναντήσει ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΟΥΣ