Cuban citizens and foreign residents in Cuba can receive international money orders from Peru and Colombia amounting to up to 1,000 dollars, announced Tuesday the Correos de Cuba Business Group.

 For this second year of the Housing Policy, the plan of 41,114 new houses must be met, said on Twitter Rene Mesa, Cuba´s Minister of Construction.

Cuban women are active players in the social process, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said Tuesday during the annual debate on women's rights.

Japan´s interest in trading with Cuba in areas such as tourism and agriculture was confirmed during meetings held between representatives of the Cuban embassy in Japan and local businessmen.

Antonio Carricarte, president of the Cuban chamber of commerce, and his Canadian counterpart, Nancy Lussier, held a successful exchange on Thursday with the aim of expanding economic and commercial ties between the two governments.

Vietnam gave 5,000 tons of rice promised to Cuba, as a gesture of solidarity with the Caribbean island in the midst of the difficult and complex economic situation aggravated by the COVID-19.

José Carlos Rodriguez, Ambassador of Cuba in Italy and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations based in Rome, spoke at the Annual Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Board.

Loipa Sanchez, Cuban ambassador to Austria, thanked on Tuesday the support given by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to the Caribbean nation, at a time when the world is facing the novel coronavirus pandemic and the U.S. government is tightening its restrictions against the island.

Ana Teresita Gonzalez, Cuban first deputy minister of foreign trade and foreign investment (MINCEX by its Spanish acronym), held on Tuesday in Havana an exchange with Kazuhiro Fujimura, Japan's ambassador to the Caribbean island.

The Agrocadenas project, implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), donated means of protection against COVID-19 for workers engaged in food production in Cuba.