Democrat politician Jeremiah W. Nixon, governor of the U.S. state of Missouri, acknowledged today in this capital that the persistence of the blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba is a difficulty to establish solid business.

Governor Jeremiah W. Nixon (D-Missouri) said his state is willing to find business opportunities in Cuba, and to strengthen existing trade relations, limited due to the US blockade.

Cuba´s Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Elba Rosa Pérez began today a visit to Vietnam, where she will meet with local authorities and tour facilities related to her sector, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

The governments of Cuba and Equatorial Guinea are willing to expand cooperation in the agricultural sector and meet the objectives reflected on the national program for socioeconomic development called Horizons 2020.

The new scenario that is emerging in the so-called leisure industry in Cuba has reinforced the strategy of turning the Caribbean into a multi destination, as an integrated tourism offer, where more than competing, economies are intertwined in search of the best fruits.

Officials from Cuba and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) discussed issues of common interest, in the context of the Council of the institution which meets in Geneva until June 2, reports Prensa Latina.

U.S. airlines still await a response from their authorities to travel to Cuba on direct regular flights, asserted Cuban ambassador to Washington, Jose Ramon Cabañas, in an interview through the social network Twitter.

From May 30 to June 4, Havana will become again showcase of international cocktails when hosting the 11th Havana Club Cocktail Grand Prix, one of the pioneering skills competitions in that category in the world and promoter of the movement of bartenders in Cuba.

At the opening of the Fourth International Scientific and Technical Symposium on Light Rum, last Tuesday in the province of Matanzas, it was announced the appointment of engineer Salome Alemán Carriazo as Master of Cuban Rum.

The International Congress on Economic Management and Development gathered on Thursday in Havana the participation of professionals from 21 counties whose objective is to debate and contribute ideas that will benefit the Cuban economy.

With the signing of a work schedule until 2017 to promote bilateral economic relations, the 11th Session of the Committee of Cuban-Spanish Business Cooperation, which in this capital brings together businessmen of both nations, was inaugurated on Thursday.

The mayor of Mobile City, in the US state of Alabama, William Sandy Stimpson stressed in Havana the good opportunities for exchange with Cuba and called for the lifting of restrictions that hinder bilateral relations.

In tune with ongoing economic transformations in Cuba, local banks back priority economic plans and investment projects launched by Cuban companies, an action that reported credit lines of up to 28 billion pesos in 2015.

Eventbrite, the largest self-service platform to post an event online, sell tickets, and track sales in the world, blocked funds raised by Cubans living in London, who aimed to donate a piano to Havana's Amadeo Roldan Conservatory.