The National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI by its Spanish acronym) and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) have just revealed that last year, out of a working-age population of 7,096,000 people, 4,710,000 were active in the country, for an economic activity rate of 66.4 percent.

Together with the fact of having more than 90 % of the Cuban population vaccinated in November, the reopening of international tourism as from the 15th of that month will be another encouraging step towards a new normality, the urgent revival of an economy greatly affected by the epidemic and the tightened U.S. blockade.

Cuba’s corporation Cuba Ron S.A. will promote the work of Rum Masters with the opening on Thursday in Facebook of a new profile dedicated to the Cuban Rum Masters Movement.

The identification of beneficiary entities and individuals who will work in more than 15,000 hectares of land in southern Las Tunas province marks the first steps of Project IRES, aimed at increasing the resilience of vulnerable rural communities.

The Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) is focused today on the agricultural and forestry production poles intended to supply the big cities, the food industry and tourism, as well as to replace imports and increase exports, without disregarding the local food systems at municipal level.

Most of the fruit used by the Ceballos Agroindustrial Enterprise to process its products comes from its own fields and from others it serves, which ratifies the development potential of this entity of the Ministry of Agriculture in Ciego de Avila(central region).

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, said today on Twitter that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government on the island continues separating and punishing families.

Financiera Cimex, S.A. (Fincimex) reported U.S. policy’s direct effects on the service of family remittances to Cuba.

The Cuban beaches Cayo Santa Maria and Varadero are among the 25 best ones in the world, according to Trip Advisor.

The Central Bank of Cuba and the Ministry of Finance and Prices will offer 1.8 billion pesos in 2021 to meet working capital and investment needs in selected companies whose output can have an impact on prioritized productions.

The Cuban government has no direct role in the receipt of remittances, Yamil Hernandez Gonzalez, General Manager of Financiera Cimex, S.A. (FINCIMEX), explained to Cubadebate.

The Cuban Domestic Trade Minister (MINCIN) rejected rumors spread on social media about an alleged commercialization of cooking oil donated by friendly nations.

 Elexis Legra Calderin, director of Coffee, Cocoa and Coconut of the Agroforestry Group, explained that nine specialized productive centers have been established in the country to develop the Coffee Production Project in the Plains.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry denounced the negative impact of the prohibitions established in the United States for the regular and institutional sending of remittances to the Caribbean nation.