The Minister of Finance and the Economy of Uruguay, Danilo Astori, will give on Friday in this capital a lecture on trends and prospects of Latin American economy.

Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce during the administration of George W. Bush, was elected to head the U.S.-Cuba Business Council (USCBC), an organization pressuring into the lifting of the blockade that Washington has maintained against the island for over five decades.

The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX), Rodrigo Malmierca, will pay a working visit to the United States on February 15-18, heading a delegation composed of officials of the MINCEX, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank of Cuba, the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, and executives of Cuban companies, the Cubaminrex Web site reported.

In the presence of over 60 Angolan entrepreneurs, the president of the Cuban Food Industry's Business Group, Iris Quiñones, presented 13 projects of business opportunities in this sector and in fisheries for foreign investment on the island.

The Agriculture Ministry will incorporate modern technologies and machinery to henequen manufacturing which will reduce energy consumption and increase the efficiency of its production.

Authorities in the Russian Ivanovo region, 254 kilometers from the capital Moscow, will launch a business mission to Cuba soon with concrete cooperation actions in tune with current bilateral economic and commercial relations.

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 6 (acn) Cuban products that are leaders in the biotechnology field were promoted in Indonesia, mainly Heberprot-P, a novel and unique drug prescribed for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer.

Cuba and Japan signed on Thursday in Havana a contract to improve sanitary conditions in the municipality of Centro Havana as part of a cooperation project sponsored by the Japanese embassy on the island, reported Prensa Latina News Agency.

The incoming Egyptian Parliament President Ali Abdel-Al received on Thursday in Cairo Cuban ambassador Laureano Rodriguez Castro during an activity ratifying friendship ties between both nations.

Cuban Food Industry Minister Maria del Carmen Concepcion is paying an official visit to Namibia till Sunday at the invitation of the local minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources Bernard Essau.

Cuba will once again hold specialized fairs in sectors like hotel services, food, security, packaging and graphic arts aimed at promoting and strengthening trade and investments with the business world.

The province of Santiago de Cuba complied with its prediction in the coffee production which constitutes an important sector to the country's economy.

María del Carmen Concepción, Minister of Food Industry of Cuba, and Victoria de Barros Neto, Angolan Minister of Fisheries, analyzed today in Luanda a action joint plan to strengthen fisheries cooperation.

With the prediction of an increasing number of tourists this year over the 3.5 million received in 2015, the island´s tourism sector improves its infrastructure and services.