The preparation and execution period of the current harvest has been influenced by the economic-financial and energy crisis, aggravated by the tightening of the U.S. blockade and the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, said a high-ranking executive of the AZCUBA Sugar Group.

Stores in seven of the country's provinces that sell goods for the agricultural sector in freely convertible currency (MLC) already have tractors among their offerings, which will be sold exclusively to agricultural producers.

 As part of an island tour to supervise local food programs, Cuban Vicepresident Salvador Valdes today checked the food distribution program in the south –central city of Cienfuegos.

The National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) will dedicate its 60th anniversary to the promotion of anything that helps a rapid increase in agricultural production and to realize the changes stemming from Task Ordering.

The hotel chain MGM Muthu Hotels is expanding its tourist facilities in Cuba in light of the positive reception of this destination by foreign travelers attracted to Cuba’s beautiful beaches, safety levels and kind population.

The implementation of electronic payment through the use of the QR code using the EnZona app, a novel method whose use is spreading in both wholesale and retail entities, is advancing throughout the country's domestic trade system.

The Chambers of Commerce of Cuba and the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz, held a virtual Business Forum, with the aim of promoting the potential for exchange between the two nations.

 The delegation of the ministry of tourism in Holguin(eastern Cuba) and its respective travel agencies are promoting these days, through digital platforms, the different services and the natural and recreational benefits available in the province, both for the domestic and foreign markets.

Despite the impact by COVID-19 during the year 2020, Habanos S.A. company reported positive results regarding cigar sales and the Cuban product’s consolidation in the world market said Habanos authorities during the virtual Habanos World Days underway till Thursday.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (ACN) The paralyzation of equipment and limitations in the supply of fuel are some of the effects suffered by the Automotive Transportation Services Business Group (GEA by its Spanish acronym) as a result of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz reiterated on Thursday his country's interest in strengthening cooperation with the countries of the European Union in areas such as trade, energy, transport, tourism, iron and steel industry, mining, health, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) announced a new set of measures, to come into force immediately, on credits and financing to farmers, in view of disagreements in this matter presented by them and the call of the country's authorities to solve them.
Francisco Mayobre Lence, first vice-president of the BCC, explained that as of January, with the implementation of the Ordering Task, there was an increase in expenses and, therefore, higher financing was requested.

Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, toured in the Cuban eastern province of Holguín important zones and productive poles where he checked the progress of the crop programs linked to the current spring campaign and the actions aimed at achieving local self-sufficiency.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla denounced today on Twitter the effects of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade on the procurement of medicines for pharmacies, hospitals and health centers in the country and described the unilateral policy that Washington has reinforced in times of COVID-19 as an obstacle to the acquisition of essential consumables and drugs whose suppliers and the banks they work with are the object of threats and reprisals.