With a gala at the Pabexpo venue dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the Trinidad brand, the 24th Habano Festival, which since Monday has brought together more than 2,900 people from 108 countries, concludes today.

Long lines at service stations in Havana on Thursday was one of the most visible signs that preceded the implementation, starting today, of the announced nationwide increase in the retail prices of fuels and their commercialization in foreign currency.

A panel on the Trinidad brand and presentations of pairings of premium cigars with wines, tequila and famous Cuban rums took place on Thursday at the 24th Habano Festival at the Havana Convention Center in Havana.

Throughout February, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Politburo member Roberto Morales Ojeda, Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, have visited enterprises and other economic that failed to meet their production targets, made a loss, or suffer from poor planning, among other problems.

Participants in the 24th Habano Cigar Festival learned about the work and dedication of local tobacco growers and cigar factories, as well as about the State's strategy to guarantee efficiency in the production of such exportable staple, during a visit to the province of Pinar del Río, held to be home to the best tobacco in the world.

The National Tax Administration Office (ONAT by its Spanish acronym) in Pinar del Rio is boosting the computerization of the affidavit and tax payment process, which has been taking place all over Cuba since January 8.

Over 721 million dollars were collected in sales last year by Habanos S.A., the company commercializing Cuban premium cigars around the world.

From April 2023 to date, the Agricultural Enterprise of the eastern province of Las Tunas, under the Agroint brand, carried out 11 international commercial operations with the sale of habanero chili peppers to the Canadian market, an activity that is still far from reaching the volumes expected by the entity.

The 24th edition of the Habano Festival kicks off today, when the Havana Convention Center opens its Trade Fair, which this year welcomes 85 companies from 11 countries and becomes a meeting point for professionals of the sector, manufacturers of premium cigars and artisans.

The progressive increase in the number of international visitors, mostly from countries like Canada and Russia, indicates the gradual recovery of nature tourism in the Moron Crocodile Farm, in the central province of Ciego de Avila.

Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CC PCC) and president of the country, visited Palma Soriano, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, as part of the second stage of his working tours of the country's territories.

The Canadian Blue Diamond chain’s brand Saratoga Mystique, which also includes the hotels Caballeriza and Esmeralda, will soon enter the hospitality industry in the city of Holguín.

A delegation of agricultural secretaries and producers from several U.S. states led by National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), the first ever to visit Cuba, reaffirmed that their country can have excellent trade relations with Havana, especially in the agricultural sector.

The local chapter of the Cuban Association of Economists and Accountants (ANEC) urged to step up support to the socialist state enterprise through the upgrading and increased engagement of its members, whose expertise was praised by ANEC leader Oscar Luis Hung.