The Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba and its Panamanian counterpart signed today the founding agreement of a Business Committee to strengthen ties between those countries, in the context of the XXXVI International Fair of Havana (FIHAV).

Juan Carlos Varela, President of the Republic of Panama described the International Fair of Havana (FIHAV 2018), underway in this city, as one of the most important events of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean, converted into a valuable space for entrepreneurs from different latitudes to exchange and establish business.

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said that the U.S. government, in its desire to create greater tensions and increase hostility, is placing obstacles in the way of the upcoming UN vote against the blockade.

This Tuesday afternoon, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and José Ramón Machado Ventura, First and Second Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, went to José Martí International Airport to see off the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, who went on a tour of several countries in Europe and Asia.

The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Army General Raúl Castro, met on Tuesday morning with the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro who was visiting our country.

As part of a transit visit, Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, was received today in Paris, France, by the Prime Minister of that nation, Edouard Philippe.

Five years after its creation, the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) presented on Tuesday, within the framework of the III Investment Forum, 10 new users of the area, with which they reach 41, from 19 countries.

The manufacture of equipment for the collection of solid waste for the sanitation of the Cuban capital and other provinces, is carried out by the collective of the factory of metal structures, belonging to the Industrial Military Company Major General Ignacio Agramonte.

The President of the Councils of States and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel received on Monday afternoon the President of the Republic of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, who is on an official visit to Cuba.
President Diaz-Canel meets with Venezuelan Vice President
Díaz-Canel attends inauguration of FIHAV 2018
Diaz-Canel to meet intense agenda on visits to Russia and Asian countries
Diaz-Canel receives deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

In the context of the activities of the thirty-sixth Havana International Fair, the President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received the deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Yuri Borisov.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel received on Monday morning the Vice President of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, who heads his country's official delegation to the thirty-sixth edition of the Havana International Fair.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel will hold meetings with the highest authorities of Russia, China, Vietnam, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Laos during his official visits to those countries, from November 1 through the 12.

As part of the activities planned in the context of the 16th session of the Cuban-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic-Commercial and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, on Monday afternoon Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz held a meeting with his Russian counterpart Yuri I. Borisov, in the Revolution Palace.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, headed a review meeting of the National Housing Program, in which it was reiterated that the local production of materials is the fundamental axis of the constructive movement.

The President of the Councils of States and Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel, received this Sunday Robert Fico, President of the SMER-SD Party and former Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, who is visiting Cuba.