By the end of the first half of the year, 4,271 units of the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN) are managed by the non-state sector, Mirurgia Ramirez, general director of services of that agency, noted.

By the end of May, 85.7 million people were transported in Cuba, a four percent growth over the plan for the period, said Luis Ladron de Guevara, an official of the Ministry of Transport (MITRANS by its Spanish acronym).

Cuba is making progress in the development of renewable energy sources (RES) with a goal to generate up to 24 percent of electricity through them by 2030, said Alfredo López, Minister of Energy and Mines.

Member of the Political Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party, Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes assessed on Thursday in in the city of Cardenas the investment underway in the railway industry and tourism sector.

Farmers from Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila sold food to hotel chains for 13 213 000 convertible pesos (CUC) from January to May, in compliance with one of the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution.

Technicians in cheese processing from all provinces visited the modern factory of this food in this city to expand their knowledge, apply technologies and rescue a traditional culture in Cuba.

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.