Cuba's Telecommunications Company S.A. (ETECSA) and Verizon Partner Solutions, the wholesale unit of the U.S. company Verizon Communications Inc., have completed negotiations and signed an agreement on direct interconnection for the exchange of international voice traffic between the U.S. and Cuba.

Ciego de Avila has become the first province in Cuba to produce 100 thousand tons of sugar in the current harvest despite the severe drought first and then excessive rain.

Despite dire forecasts on the possibility of Cuban tourism to keep the upward trend shown in the last years, the leisure industry posted a 14.6 percent growth in the first 71 days of 2016.

Amistur Cuba S.A., a specialized tourism agency, is the favorite among visitors interested in learning "first hand" the reality of the Caribbean island through people to people programs.

Rice production is among the prioritized programs in the eastern province of Holguin as an example of the integral potential of the region's soil perfect for different crops.

Cuba's Energy and Mining Ministry (MINEM) announced on Tuesday in Havana that the number of investments in the industrial sector will increase by the end of this year with a total superior to one billion pesos.

Starting from March 9 and until March 13, Cuba will be present at the International Tourism Fair, ITB 2016, in Berlin, Germany, in order to position Cuba's tourism product in the European market.

As a space for exchanges of best practices among Cuban academicians, business persons and non-state actors, the Second International Conference on Economic Management and Development, scheduled for May 16-19, will be held at the capital's Convention Center.

The Northern Indian Church of Protestant denomination with over 1.5 million followers condemned on Friday the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba.

Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice-president of the Council of Ministers, held a working meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Rudolf Scholten, director general of the Bank of Austrian Control, with whom he made a comprehensive analysis of the current situation and prospects of the economic, commercial and financial relations between the two countries, considering the results of the Cuba-Austria Business Forum held in the morning of that same day.

Delegates to the 18th Habanos Festival knew applications of science and technology in the Cuban tobacco production to combat climate effects affecting agriculture.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago intends to expand and diversify business in Cuba, after considering as successful the recent contacts of Cuban businessmen with those of these Caribbean islands, Prensa Latina reported.

With an updated business portfolio in its tourism sector, Cuba will attend the 27th edition of the International Tourism Fair (BTL 2016), in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 2-6.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed a fine on the U.S. company Halliburton for violating regulations of the blockade against Cuba, informed on Saturday the Cuban Foreign Ministry on its cubaminrex.cu Web site.