Aware that the production of construction materials is one of the areas most impacted by the U.S. blockade, the sector is developing R+D+I projects (research, development and innovation) to increase the delivery of some components, replace imports and save resources.

Due to the hostility raised during more than six decades and increased with almost 200 measures by the current US administration, this Monday, at 6:00 p.m., by sole and exclusive responsibility of the US Government, the payment of remittances from that nation to Cuba through Western Union ceases.

The interest in consolidating Cuba as a safe destination for Polish tourism was the subject of the meeting held on Thursday between Jorge Martí, Cuban ambassador to the European country, and Maciej Szczechura, executive member of the Rainbow Tour company.

Manuel Marrero, Prime Minister of Cuba, congratulated today workers on the Cuban Tourism Day, after checking sector indicators during the government visit to the western province of Matanzas.

Congressmen James P. McGovern, chairman of the House Rules Committee, and Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned the recently announced step by the US Treasury Department that will result in an effective halt to remittances to Cuba.

A total of 32 airlines have requested permission to restart their flights, after commercial operations were paralyzed by the pandemic, informed today Brigadier General Armando Luis Daniel López, president of the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics (IACC).

Antonio Carricarte, president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, and Hamad Buamim, president of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, United Arab Emirates (UAE), expressed on Tuesday their interest in boosting bilateral economic ties.

Honey is becoming an exportable commodity in Cuba, Ana Teresita Gonzalez, first deputy minister of foreign trade and foreign investment, published on Tuesday on Twitter.

 Among the tourism programs postponed until 2021, Cuban authorities recalled the holding of the Ibero-American Summit on Accessible Tourism.

Companies from China and Cuba paved the way for the commercialization of Cuban coffee, honey and charcoal, after the signing of letters of intent on the subject, reported Prensa Latina (PL) news agency.

The current campaign to try to discredit and hinder Cuba's international medical cooperation is among the many damages caused by the United States blockade against the Caribbean island, particularly its universal health system.

The Jose Marti International airport, in Havana, is currently preparing to resume flights in the coming days, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said.

The US government applies a policy of unprecedented hostility to Cuba, Cubaminrex, website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry affirmed.

Despite the global crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba (CCC) maintained the promotion of exportable items, assured an official of the entity.