In the current cold season, which ends next February, the companies of the Agricultural Group (GAG) intend to plant 130,162 hectares (ha) of different crops, said Jose Manuel Martinez Rodriguez, head of the Agricultural Department of the GAG from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Cuban province for more effective bankarization in 2024
With the objective of surpassing the more than 9 million operations carried out through the different electronic payment channels in Villa Clara in 2023, the Banco de Credito y Comercio (Bandec) of the territory plans to successfully complete in 2024 the process of bankarization of the society.
Cuban farmer produces organic seed potatoes
Agronomist Francisco (Paquito) Hernandez Rodriguez -a farmer with extensive experience-, has developed an innovative project on the Isle of Youth to produce ecological potato seeds, whose conservation is based on the use of silica sand.
Major Cuban Tourist Centers Renew Services and Products in High Season
As the cities of Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad mark their 510 birthdays, the local Palmares extra-hotel company is boosting the improvement, renewal and upgrade of its services for clients during the current high tourist season.
Arrival of a British cruise ship revives tourism in Havana by the end of the year
Havana is reviving at the end of the year with the arrival of a British cruise ship with almost half a thousand tourists, in the second of the four visits planned to the island by that vessel.
Diaz Canel attends Assembly of People's Power in Cuban central province
2023 requires Cuba to reboot its economy during 2024
Prime Minister presided over national urban agriculture meeting
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presided over the meeting to commemorate the Day of the Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture Workers.
As of January 1st, new measures to boost the economy
The celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution will precede the implementation, starting on January 1st, of new measures laid down in the Government’s plans to correct mistakes and boost the economy in 2024 through steps to incentivize the production of goods and services, which will contribute to national development and improve people’s quality of life, according to Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning (MEP), and Vladimir Regueiro Ale, Minister of Finance and Prices (MFP).
Cuban cooperative starts exporting Habanero chili peppers
The Agricultural Production Cooperative (CPA) Calixto Sarduy, in the province of Las Tunas has just harvested its first-ever batch of Habanero chili pepper for export through the importing/marketing enterprise Agroint.
Macroeconomic stabilization will be central to the Cuban economy in 2024
Boosting the Macroeconomic Stabilization Program will be a priority for Cuba in 2024 through improved pricing policies, the gradual de-dollarization of the economy, the reactivation of the exchange market, and changes to the foreign currency cash-flow management mechanism, according to Alejandro Gil Fernández, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, in his words to the Second Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's Power, with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and President Miguel Díaz-Canel present.
Cuba Economy Expects 2 Percent Growth in 2024
Cuba’s Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow some 2 percent in 2024 given the projections for different economic sectors.
Cuba’s largest cement factory on the way to recovery
Cementos Cienfuegos S.A., the largest factory of its kind in Cuba, is getting its production capacity back on its feet.
2023 a difficult year for the Cuban economy
During the Second Ordinary Session of Parliament and with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and President Miguel Díaz-Canel present, Alejandro Gil Fernandez, Cuba’s deputy prime minister and Minister of Economy and Planning, remarked that the 3% GDP growth for 2023 proved to be an impossible target due to the lack of foreign currency and fuel.
Cuban Economy could Take off Next Year
Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil said on Monday that after the country’s GDP decreased in 2023, the local economy could eventually begin to take next year, for which goals and objectives have been designed.