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Spanish food company starts operations in Mariel Special Development Zone

The Spanish company Profood Service S.A. entered into operations in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM by its Spanish acronym) where it will carry out the elaboration and commercialization of food products, beverages and dispensing machines destined to the hotel sector and the domestic network of stores.

Diaz-Canel urges to keep the pace in Havana's recovery

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez urged the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday not to lose the pace achieved in the recovery of Havana's municipalities affected by the tornado that hit the city on January 27.

Cuba: Government announces new measures for self-employment

Authorities from the Ministries of Labor and Social Security and Economy and Planning announced nine modifications for self-employment, which give continuity to the improvement of a sector that already groups more than 580 thousand Cubans.

Cuban First VP checks agriculture in Eastern province

Salvador Valdes Mesa, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers checked the contracting of agricultural products, the recovery of the collection system, and self-sufficiency at the municipal level in the eastern Cuban province.

Cuban Hero: The Yes of the 24th is also for the Homeland, the Revolution, Martí and Fidel

Ramón Labañino Salazar, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, said in Santiago de Cuba that voting Yes for the new Constitution next Sunday, February 24, also means a Yes for the Homeland, the Revolution, Martí and Fidel.

Diaz-Canel calls for better services to the population

The President of the Councisl of State and Ministers Miguel Diaz-Canel urged workers of the commerce, services and food sector to increase the quality of services they provide the Cuban people.

Minister highlights potential for cooperation between Cuba and Algeria

Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, highlighted the vast potential for cooperation with Algeria in scientific matters during his visit to a research center in Algiers.

Cuba calls international community to help averting US military intervention in Venezuela

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, called on the international community to make an effort to prevent a U.S. military intervention in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Cuban FM: Trump's recent statements were clumsy and crude

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, described the statements made by Donald Trump on Latin America during a speech given Monday at the University of Miami as clumsy and crude.

Cuba receives donation from Bolivia for tornado victims

A shipment of 1,000 mattresses and 5,000 sheets of calamine for roofs arrived on Tuesday in Havana from Bolivia, as a solidarity aid for the recovery of the municipalities affected by the tornado that hit Havana last January 27.

Cuban FM denounces U.S. offense of Venezuela's sovereignty

Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, denounced on Twitter that U.S. President Donald Trump offends the sovereignty of #Venezuela, birthplace of El Libertador and independence.

Diaz-Canel stresses role of science in solving the country's problems

Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed that many of the country's complex problems can only be solved through science and innovation during the 2018 Science, Technology and Environment Ministry's analysis of the country.

Voting on Cuba's new Constitution ends abroad

The referendum on Cuba's new constitution concluded abroad with the qualification of success by the electoral authorities, reported Prensa Latina agency.