The Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Cuba, Anthony Stokes urged on Thursday in Havana the business executives of his country’s financial sector and the 15 companies at the Havana Trade Fair FIHAV 2017 to explore potential areas where both nations can work together.

Venezuela ratified on Wednesday the validity of the Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement signed 17 years ago during the 35th Havana Trade Fair, FIHAV 2017 underway in the Cuban capital.

The 35th International Trade Fair, FIHAV 2017, continued on Wednesday in the Cuban capital with an announcement that from November of 2016 to date, 12 new projects were approved from Cuba, Portugal, Switzerland, Canada, Russia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Spain and France in the Mariel Special Development Zone.

Russian YUMZ companies and Cuban ACINOX from Las Tunas province signed on Wednesday in Havana a contract valued at over 26 million Euros for the modernization of the company in the eastern region in the context of the 25th International Havana Trade Fair, FIHAV 2017.

The number of self-employed workers grew 10 percent in Cuba, which shows its validity as a source of employment, production of goods and services and the level of acceptance among the Cuban population.

In the face of the coming tourist season in Cuba, Marina Hemingway promotes a wide portfolio of attractive nautical offerings, including dives, fishing and sailings along the coastline of Havana.

Cuba and China signed on Wednesday in Havana five legal instruments that reaffirm the willingness of both sides to strengthen and expand their economic and trade relations.

the Cuban Workers' Confederation (CTC) and the national trade unions released a statement strongly condemning over 50 yearlong US economic, financial and commercial US blockade on Cuba

Cuban professionals emphasized on Thursday in Havana in the growth possibilities of the economy, taking into account the domestic adjustments that could constitute development factors for the country in the context marked by the US economic blockade against the Caribbean island.

The Tobacco Business Group of Cuba (Tabacuba) signed contracts with producers for the planting of more than 29 thousand hectares and the collection of some 32 thousand tons of tobacco leaves in the 2017-2018 harvest that began this Tuesday.

Mail between Cuba and the United States has not ceased, but the pilot agreement for direct deliveries has expired and the Caribbean island is awaiting for America to sign a definitive agreement, said Soraya Bravo, vice president of Correos de Cuba business group.

The application of the economic blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba has inflicted from April of 2016 to June of this year, a total of 4.3 million dollars, double of what the national economy requires for it development.

There are no remains of Hurricane Irma in the Hotel Memories Varadero and the installation is ironing out the final details to begin the high tourism season next November 15th.

A donation from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the victims of Hurricane Irma, which struck Cuba last September, was received in Puerto Carupano, in the north of Las Tunas province.