The Marella Discovery2 ship arrived today for the first time in Havana this year, and starts the winter tourism season in Cuba, Carlos Alberto Rivera Garcia, director of the western branch of Cubatur, the tour operator, told exclusively to the Cuban News Agency.

The Havana Dairy Plant is producing a new line of skimmed yogurt with a low percentage of sugar, Dayana Fernandez Columbie, its director of Technology and Development, told the Cuban News Agency in an exclusive interview.

Cuba now develops 1 573 ecological farms which aimed at preserving natural resources, keeping cultivation and harvesting of healthy products and involved farmers in this kind of food production, said Armando Romero, official with the National Association of Small Private Farmers.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez demanded a major decision on the compensation for loss and damage, during the 27th Conference of the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Brigette Reneé LeBlanc, the vice president of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco—one of the most influential minority business organizations in California, represents and promotes African American business owners in that city—who is participating in the 38th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022) said that she is eager to return to the United States to dispel many misconceptions about Cuba among the members of her organization.

continues presenting tools to facilitate foreign investment in Cuba, including ProCuba's Commercial Intelligence portal, one of the novelties of the event that also benefits entrepreneurs doing business in the Island, and the One-Stop Shop for Foreign Trade, which will help arrange import and export operations online.

In a meeting with directors of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, headed by its president Antonio Luis Carricarte, members of related institutions from more than 20 countries praised the organization and implications of the 38th Havana International Fair FIHAV 2022 and stated their interest in increasing ties with Cuba.

The province of Cienfuegos will host the International Fair Exposur 2023, intended to boost foreign trade and import replacement in the region, according to provincial governor Alexandre Corona Quintero, who made the announcement in the context of the 38th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022).

Panama is willing to encourage Cuban exports through its Colon Free Trade Zone, which would allow access to regional markets, said Giovanni Ferrari, general manager of the Panamanian free zone.

Cuba prioritizes foreign investment projects and trade by its nationals abroad, according to information released in a foreign investment forum held at Havana’s International Trade Fair.

The joint venture Havana Club International seized on the 38th Havana International Fair to launch its new spirit Cuban Spice, inspired by the island’s tropical nature, which combines the world-famous rum Havana Club Añejo Especial, exotic flavors and warm spices to create a new and refreshing drink.

The 38th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022) starts today with four panels of the 5th Investment Forum, dedicated to presentations about the Mariel Special Development Zone, exchanges with international promotion and cooperation agencies, foreign investment opportunities for Cubans living abroad, and the facilities that Cuba’s One-Stop Shop offers to foreign investors.

During the celebration of Argentina's National Day at the 38th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022), Ambassador Luis Ilarregui and Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca praised the trade relations between Cuba and Argenina—the island’s second trade partner in the region—which herald new businesses agreements and projects.

Cuba and Brazil have the potential to develop trade and cooperation in the fields of education, public health and sports, said today Ana Teresita Gonzalez Fraga, first deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX), during the Brazil Day celebrations at the 38th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2022).