Cuba denounced at the United Nations in Geneva that the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against the island is the main obstacle to the right to development of the people.

Where the blue of the sea becomes intense in contrast with the white sands and biodiversity which adds to the mysticism of Cayo Santa Maria Beach Resort, host of the International Tourism Fair FitCuba 2018 to be held from May 2nd to the 6 th.

The Cuban Council of Ministers held a session on Wednesday to address economic and social issues on its agenda, including the negative impact by irregularities in foreign trade operations.

British Ambassador to Cuba Antony Stokes praised the collaboration potential of his country and the island in the tourist sector, which would be boosted during the upcoming 38th Cuba International Tourism Fair, which will take the U.K. as Guest of Honor.

The number of arrivals of foreign visitors to Cuba decreased by 7 percent in the first quarter of this year if compared to same period of 2017, according to tourist authorities, who still expect to receive 2 million tourists by late May.

The Packard, Cuba's second luxury five-star plus hotel, located in Old Havana, is expected to be completed in August, according to officials from the company in charge of its construction.

Devox Caribe S.A, a branch of Mexico's General Paint company expects to begin paint production in late May in the Special Development Zone of Mariel, western Cuba.

China's Huamao Commodity Company expects sales at over 10 million dollars of hardware products in Cuba this year, which includes some six million lines of items.

The main exportable offers of Cuba and its investment opportunities, mainly in the Special Mariel Development Zone (ZEDM), will be presented by the national delegation at the III Business Summit to be held in Peru on April 12 and 13.

Using the extended-reach drill, Cuba is developing what has been considered the deepest horizontally-drilled oil well in Latin America as deep as 8,240 meters.

The Cuban shopping network Tiendas Caribe, formerly TRD, will open an e-commerce service in summer, in Cuban pesos, the national currency which currently runs parallel to the convertible pesos which equals the value of dollars.

Cuban and Vietnamese entrepreneurs will meet in Havana on Thursday to consider new joint business opportunities, in the context of an official visit here by the General Secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party Nguyen Phu Trong.

Vietnamese Thai Binh Investment Trading Corp based in the Mariel Special Development Zone since 2016 will begin to produce sanitary pads and disposable diapers.

After a little over four years of operations, the Special Development Zone, located on the western Cuban harbor of Mariel keeps on the road to becoming a promising platform for foreign investment projects in the region.