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.

The Credit and Commerce Bank granted the first 54 loans for the purchase of construction materials to victims of Hurricane Irma, which left considerable on Cuba´s north coast.

The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, located in this city, activated today the line number two of the pump house, first step in order to synchronize it to the national electro-energy system.

From April 2016 to March last, the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba caused economic damages to the agricultural sector amounting to more than 260 million dollars.

Vice-President of the Government of the Russian Federation, Arkadi Dvorkovich received in Moscow the Cuban VP and Minister of Economy Ricardo Cabrisas who is in Moscow on an official visit.