Catholic Church opens business classes in Cuba

Posted on Thursday, 10.17.13



Catholic Church opens business classes in Cuba

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



HAVANA -- Cuba's Catholic Church says it has launched classes aimed at

training aspiring entrepreneurs to open and run small businesses

permitted by the country's new program of economic reforms.



The Havana Archdiocese said in its official magazine that it is running

three-month workshops and a two-year degree program taught by clergy

members on the basics of private business, including sourcing of

materials, accounting and tax regulations.



The Catholic Church has been barred from participation in the

Communist-run nation's system of universal free education, despite

requests that it be allowed to run schools as it does in other countries.



In 2010, President Raul Castro began opening Cuba's economy to limited

forms of private enterprise, including sections of the real-estate and

automobile markets.



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