Export of 523 tons of charcoal to different nations during the first six months of 2017 shows stability in this work carried out by workers of the Villa Clara Forest Company in the last 15 years.

Cuban Minister of Economy and Planning, Ricardo Cabrisas, reported to the Council of Ministers that during the first six month of 2017, economy has performed as expected.

The US insurance company American International Group was fined for a sum of 148 thousand 698 USD by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for allegedly violating regulations of Washington's economic blockade against the island.

Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni announced the setting up between Cuba and his country of a roadmap for bilateral trade aimed at strengthening it.

Cuba's Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said on Tuesday in Varadero Beach Resort that despite the recent announced policy of President Donald Trump, the island will continue growing and offering support to those that want tourism in the country.

The business opportunities portfolio of the Cuban sugar agroindustry will be presented today at the XIV International Congress on sugar cane and derivatives (DIVERSIFICATION 2017).

Bolivia's Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni Mamani said on Monday in Havana that his country wants to strengthen economic relations with Cuba in addition to consolidating the ideology of mutual integration and with the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Construction brigades from the Ministry of Tourism have begun the reparation and remodeling of heritage installations in Villa Clara province to execute six new hotels with the E brand as a prelude to the International Tourism Fair, Fit Cuba 2018 to be held in Cayo Santa Maria.

Food deficit for pig producers, the quality and high prices of pork meat were the main topics debated on Wednesday at Mesa Redonda TV program.

Melia Hotels International chain, with 27 years of operations in Cuba, has already presence in the province of Camagüey, where it signed a contract for managing the Gran Hotel, Colón Hotel and Camagüey Hotel, three emblematic facilities of this city.

The President of the National Assembly of the People's Power Esteban Lazo and the Head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Song Tao agreed on Monday in Beijing on the high level of mutual trust between both countries.

The ministries of agriculture of Cuba and the Republic of Mozambique today signed a cooperation agreement in this capital with the purpose of developing bilateral ties in this area, as well as food security and agricultural research.

Cuban and Mexican authorities signed on Thursday in Havana, three scientific-technical and academic cooperation agreements in the health sector which will allow expanding and strengthening bilateral ties in the field.

Gaviota SA Group will expand its capacity in Varadero with the implementation of new investments, including the new Oasis and Las Nubes hotels, the latter once completed will be the highest in Cuba´s main tourist pole, with 24 floors.