The Construcciones Marco cooperative, second on the branch emerged in this city in the new form of non-state management, is already on site with significant commitments for the 500 anniversary of the founding of the city.

Concerns about agricultural marketing and contracting and its improvement stand out among the approaches of the farmers of the province of Santiago de Cuba in the assemblies of the 11th Congress of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP by its Spanish acronym).

More than 14,000 passengers will travel until March 30 on board of the cruiser ship Louis Cristal, which entered the Havana port over the weekend to begin the second season of tourist trips around Cuba.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, visited the Industrial Fisheries Company of La Coloma, to check on the volumes of lobster it processes, as part of a visit to the westernmost province of Pinar del Río.

The strategies developed by Habanos SA to meet the high demand for the so-called best cigars in the world include the limited editions .

The U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba, USACC, founded a year ago and grouping 25 agricultural organizations, recently held a press conference in Washington D.C. to explain the importance of lifting the US blockade of Cuba and reestablishing bilateral trade relations.

The Cuban Workers´ Confederation (CTC) called on workers to hold assemblies in all labor centers where managers are to report about the adopted economic plan and budget for this year in each entity.

The progressive growth of Cuban sugar production needs better exploitation of the lands and available resources, said vice-president Jose Ramon Machado Ventura during a visit sugar mills in Eastern Holguin and Las Tuna provinces.

With the management of Memories Miramar Havana and the Monte Habana aparthotel, the Canadian firm Blue Diamond now focuses on tourists traveling to Cuba for business reasons or conferences.

Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice president of the State Council, toured significant economic objectives in the province of Cienfuegos related to the industry, the sugar harvest and others, Granma newspaper reported.

The recent announcement by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro to reestablish diplomatic relations after over a 50 year freeze has sparked expectations among the world´s and US´s major cruise ships companies.

The technological modernization undertaken in hotel facilities in the province of Cienfuegos during 2014 increased the efficiency and quality of services in the tourist destination of Central Cuba.

Argentinean Airlines (AA) flies for the second time this year to Cuba with fully occupancy, while its two weekly flights during January have already been fully booked.

The International Habano Cigar Festival will be held February 23 to 27 at Havana´s Conventions Palace with the usual attendance of business people, cigar distributors, specialists who will dedicate the event to the Cuban traditionally famous brand Romeo y Julieta.