Salvador Valdes Mesa, vice president of Cuba, heads today in the province of Holguin an exchange with managers and producers of the agricultural sector on the priorities to increase territorial self-sufficiency and strengthen food sovereignty and nutritional program.

Cuba denounced on Thursday before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, the impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States on food production and food security of the Cuban people.

Danilo Sanchez, Cuban ambassador to Bolivia, and Javier Freire, executive manager of the Bolivian Food Company, held a meeting in which both parties advocated expanding cooperation in the agri-food industry for the benefit of both peoples.

In just over a year, the new blockading measures imposed by the United States (U.S.) on Cuba have caused losses in the millions to the island, according to the island’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN).

The U.S. blockade imposed almost six decades ago has limited Cuba's access to hemodialysis equipment, one of the most expensive technologies anywhere in the world.

The Ceballos Agroindustrial Enterprise, leader of the productive and exporting pole of the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila, boosts the planting of fruit trees, one of its main crops, in which mango, guava, pineapple and coconut stand out.

Ruben Ramos, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, held a virtual exchange with his Surinamese counterpart, Jayant A. Padarath, in which both parties advocated expanding bilateral trade in sectors of interest to the two economies.

Cuba and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to deepen trade and commercial relations and foster foreign investment in strategic economic areas of both countries.

The incorporation of productions in the electronic market is one of the actions developed by the Desembarco del Granma Textile Enterprise, in Villa Clara, with the aim of reducing the costs of imported materials and other expenses.

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 9 (ACN) In order to contribute to boosting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approved by the United Nations and Cuba's National Program for Economic and Social Development (PNDES by its Spanish acronym) until that year, the campaign called Con Paso 2030 will be launched today in Havana, Cuba's capital city.

Cuban Chamber of Commerce president Antonio Carricarte said his institution strives for the promotion and diversification of exports and foreign investment as part of the country’s economic development and social policy.

Marino Murillo, head of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development in Cuba, highlighted today the significance of the transformation of the system of subsidies and gratuities, which has made it possible to identify and better assist vulnerable groups.

Marino Murillo Jorge, head of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development, highlighted the growing interest in employment and the process of collecting the Cuban convertible peso (CUC), in the context of the Monetary Ordering Task.

The Central Bank of Cuba, on its institutional website, issued a clarification on difficulties in bank transfers, transitory difficulties that have been misrepresented in social networks.