Saturday, December 17, 2016

The White House, Washington



My name is Julia de la Rosa, and I am a Cuban cuentapropista -- or Cuban entrepreneur. Over 20 years ago, my husband and I started our own business in Cuba providing lodging and transportation to visitors in our neighborhood in Havana. Everything about my business was on a very small scale: We had two bedrooms and one old car, and we did almost everything ourselves.







As a cuentapropista, I watched this historic change help my business grow in ways I would have never expected. The demand for our services dramatically increased with the growing number of visitors, so we had the opportunity to expand. We now run a real bed and breakfast with 10 bedrooms, and have 17 people working with us as we provide services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.



Now, we’re starting a small taxi company, as transportation requests have increased -- especially in old, classic cars. Thanks to these new times, we can even come to the U.S. to buy pieces to restore our eight American cars.






More than 500,000 Americans visited Cuba last year. Ten U.S. airlines are flying between American and Cuba citizens. And American cruise lines will soon start pulling into our ports. That’s going to mean a lot for Cuba's development.



But this new relationship has not only changed my business, it’s changed my life. Like many others Cubans, I have family in the U.S., and thanks to President Obama’s decision to re-establish relations, my biggest dream could finally come true -- to travel to Miami to meet my father's family. I am incredibly grateful to President Obama for his leadership in forging this historic change for the U.S. and Cuba, and for what it will mean to both the Cuban and American people for generations to come.




Organizing for Action
We need to come together, step up, and protect the progress we've made in bringing quality, affordable health care to millions of American families. Say you're in.





2016 HOLIDAY GALA DINNER DANCE, DECEMBER 2 
Event Category: Chamber Events Date of Event: 12/02/2016


Bianca Chiavicatti- Head of Membership Development & Editor of The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.




CÁTEDRA DRA. RUTH CARDOSO

Esta cátedra busca selecionar professor/pesquisador brasileiro que atue em instituição de ensino superior nas áreas de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, com interesse em História do Brasil Contemporâneo, Antropologia, Ciência Política ou Sociologia para participar das atividades de docência na Universidade de Columbia, em Nova York. O candidato selecionado deverá passar um ou dois semestres acadêmicos ministrando cursos e realizando pesquisa. O programa é uma parceria entre a Comissão Fulbright, a CAPES, a FAPESP e a Columbia University.
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