The blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for more than six decades has hindered the effective social inclusion of people with disabilities in the country and the improvement of their standard of living.

About 300 tour operators from Spain and Portugal arrived in Cuba to attend the 2nd Macro Convention of the DIT Gestión group of travel agencies.

The Cuban government’s plan to correct economic distortions and boost the local economy is advancing but not at the desired speed, said Economy Minister Joaquin Alonso in a recent meeting of the Cuban Council of Ministers.

To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of that nation, said that his country highly values the confident that Cuba has in Vietnamese businessmen.

The new legislation for Cuban economic actors passed in September 18 took center stage in the 5th Networking Cuba Circuit (CNC5), under way in this city.

Cuba's southeastern region, which is hosting the 14th International Tourism Conference TURNAT 2024, is ideal to enjoy a matchless experience in ecotourism, according to Raúl Naranjo Aday, general director of the Ecotur S.A. Travel Agency.

The executives and workers of the Habanos S.A. Corporation, a world leader in the commercialization of premium cigars, are delighted not only for reaching its 30th anniversary, but also for reaching record revenues of 721 million dollars in 2024.

The 15th International Convention on Cooperativism (COOPERAT 2024) will be opened today at the Havana Convention Center, where six workshops and a forum with parallel programs will be held until Thursday.

Havana Club rum products are selling in markets of 125 countries of the world, with record sales reporting an 8 percent growth in fiscal 2024.

Cuba's culinary and rum-making tradition, evolution and ways of consumption nowadays will be the focus of the 14th International Festival Varadero Gourmet, which opens today in this tourist destination of Western Cuba.

In November 2025, according to ECOTUR travel agency director-general Raul Naranjo Aday, Cuba will host 10th Ibero-American Meeting of Rural Tourism, held in recognition of and to promote the natural values of the Cuban countryside.

Cuban eastern provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo will host the 14th International Nature Tourism Event (Turnat) 2024, to be held September 24-29, in order to showcase the rich natural heritage that makes Cuba a unique destination for rural tourism.

To enhance the values and influence of Arab gastronomy in Latin American cuisine, the 11th Excelencias Gourmet 2024 International Gastronomic Seminar will be held at the Tropicana Cabaret in Havana on Sept. 25 and 26.

 The company Tauba Holmotor S.U.R.L., one of the state-owned MSMEs in the Cuban eastern province of Holguin, will produce for the first time in Cuba engines for electric tricycles, which will allow the linkage with other national industries.