The delivery of 587 tractors to Cuba by Chinese YTO Group, a leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery, is a courageous respite for the domestic food production, based mainly on the existing technological obsolescence in that key sector.

Cuban orthopedics has been affected as in other sectors by the US economic, commercial and financial blockade for over half a century maintained and ratified by different administrations.

World Tourism Day is especially important for Cuba as the industry represents 7 percent of the country´s GDP, said representatives of the Tourism Ministry.

Professionals from 20 countries submitted 232 technical and commercial papers to the 13th International Congress on Sugar and Derivatives (DIVERSIFICATION 2015), which will be held in this city from October 5 to 9.

Agricultural entrepreneurs from the US State of North Carolina expressed their intentions in Havana to explore opportunities in Cuba for bilateral commercial exchange.

China´s YTO machinery-manufacturing corporation sold Cuba 587 mid and high power tractors to contribute to the development of the island agricultural sector.

Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero said the number of tourists in Cuba has grown 17.8 percent in 2015, compared to the same period last year.

Cuba and the United States set up, on Saturday in Washington, a joint business council aimed at building a strategic commercial relationship, establish links in the entrepreneurial sector and facilitate the identification of trade opportunities.

Cuban Tourism official Pablo Vazquez said in Panama that given the tourist boom witnessed by the island, marked by a 17 percent growth, Cuba nears three million foreign vacationers.

An agreement for scientific and technical cooperation in agriculture was signed between the governments of Cuba and Panama, two weeks after Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela paid an official visit to Cuba, where he met with Raul Castro.

Argentina and Cuba signed cooperation agreements to boost ties in the agricultural, livestock and rural development sectors, so necessary today for development.

A group of entrepreneurs from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo will travel to Cuba to assess potential investments in a near future.

A high-level mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan will seek in Cuba next week opportunities that contribute to expand bilateral relations in the economic sphere.

From today until Wednesday, scholars from various nations will meet in this capital for the Fourth International Seminar on Tourism, Development and Sustainability, with the aim of promoting good practice in a key sector for emerging economies.