Cuba and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed Friday the Financing Agreement for the Agroforestry Cooperative Development Project (Prodecafe).
Cuba and IFAD sign financing agreement for agroforestry project
US company assumes possible responsibility for violating the blockade
The U.S. animal nutrition company BIOMIN America, Inc. paid 257,862 dollars to solve its possible civil responsibility for apparent violations of Cuba's Asset Control Regulations.
Ukrainian businessmen express interest in Cuban market
Gennady Chizhikov, president of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industries, expressed the interest of producers from that country in the possibilities of the Latin American market, especially that of Cuba, despite the situation caused by the coronavirus.
Growth of poverty by COVID-19 is a result of capitalism, Cuban minister of economy says
Alejandro Gil Fernandez, Cuban minister of economy and planning, stressed on Monday that the increase in poverty in Latin America due to the COVID-19, has as its main cause the unequal distribution of resources, typical of the capitalist system.
Cuba works to deal with the economic consequences of the pandemic
The pandemic will cause negative effects on the Cuban economy, in addition to the damage caused by the blockade imposed by the United States, but we are working seriously and with dedication to lessen them, said Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, minister of foreign trade and foreign investment.
Cuba postmarked stamp dedicated to May Day
A postage stamp dedicated to May Day was postmarked this morning at the headquarters of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC by its Spanish acronym).
Cuba continues decreasing air operations due to COVID-19
With the arrival on Wednesday of 94 travelers, including 72 Cubans living abroad, 20 crew members and two residents, Cuba continues dropping the number of passengers arriving in the country, the Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported in Havana.
Cuban Ministry of Communications launches new measures in view of COVID-19
The Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA by its Spanish acronym) has published on its official website the new measures announced by Jorge Luis Perdomo, its minister, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cuba to use more efficient energy in public transportation
Cuba is boosting the use of more efficient and environmentally energy in public transportation, as evidenced by the operation of an all-electric bus in Havana and 39 hybrid buses for passenger transport.
Cuban agricultural sector works to increase food production facing COVID-19
Ydael Perez Brito, first deputy minister of agriculture in Cuba, said today that among the strategies of this sector to ensure food production in the face of the challenge represented by COVID-19 are the strengthening of collection tasks and the increase in planting.
American economists demand USA to lift coercive measures against Cuba, Venezuela and Iran
Given the constant expansion of COVID-19 in the world, a group of American economists asked the United States government to lift the unilateral coercive measures imposed on countries such as Venezuela, Cuba and Iran, in order to prevent the increase in the number of fatal victims.
Cuban PM congratulates Hotel Tryp Habana Libre on its 62nd anniversary
Cuban PM Manuel Marrero congratulated this Thursday on social media the workers of the Tryp Habana Libre Hotel, on the occasion of its 62nd anniversary.
Cuban leading oil company and Russian university sign collaboration agreement
Tania Perez, director of training, human resources, organization and communication of Cuban leading oil company CUPET, and Alexander Gordievsky, director of the academic division of the Industrial University of Tyumen, signed a collaboration agreement in Moscow.
International cooperation project benefits port of Havana
A loader crane began operating at the José Antonio Echeverria Cereal Business Unit, located in the Cuban capital.
Second Kempinski Hotel in Havana already in operation
Located close to the Cuban Capitol, the Gran Hotel Bristol already has guests and is in the start-up phase.
The hotel was opened on February 17, becoming the second of the Swiss company Kempinski Hotels in Havana, and the third in the country.