Despite the limitations imposed by the COVID-19 and the prohibitions of the US blockade against Cuba, exports of agricultural products in the province of Sancti Spiritus are making progress in the current year.

The Cuba 2021 Second Business Forum and Trade Fair will take place November 29-December 2nd, to keep promoting trade and investment, said Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca.

Cuba’s Economy Ministry approved on Wednesday the first 35 micro, small and medium companies, with most of them in the fields of food production, manufacture, recycling and technology.

Cuban aeronautical authorities informed that 23 airlines from North America, Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean will be arriving at the island's airports in October, including flights by American Airlines, Iberia, Air France, Copa Airlines, Viva Aerobús and Turkish Airlines, according to a list published by Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeroportuarios (ECASA).

Officials from the Cuba’s UNESCO National Commission and the Mines and Energy Ministry are taking part of an on-line inter-regional workshop promoting the linkage between what is known as creative economy and global geoparks.

A franchise of La Bodeguita del Medio, a restaurant-bar offering traditional food and the most famous cocktails of the Caribbean island, including the Mojito, has been opened in Istanbul, Turkey.

Hotels in the south-central province of Cienfuegos are ready to open to national and international tourists but with a limited 60 to 79 percent capacity as a precaution and sanitary measure against COVID-19.

The distribution of food supplies donated by several countries began Wednesday in the province of Sancti Spiritus to mitigate the situation caused in Cuba by COVID-19 and by the restrictions imposed by the U.S. government.

The production of the main fruits grown in the country exceeded the production target by 21,657 tons in the first seven months of the year, with special mention to the collection of mango, papaya, guava and coconut.

The new micro, small and medium companies in Cuba will operate in a wide array of service and production sectors; however their setting up will first prioritize those dedicated to food production.

We will continue advancing in the improvement of our economy, said Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country on Twitter.

Since early this month, new technical problems and breakdowns in thermal and distributed generation in several power plants have caused limitations to this important service; however, the Cuban state prioritizes it in the midst of shortages caused by the pandemic and the U.S. economic blockade.

Lucy is the first app developed in Cuba to control personal and business finances that allows to manage, from the national context, the expenses and income of users and thus help them make decisions in that regard.

In order to ensure that the creation of private and state-owned micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs by its Spanish acronym) and new non-agricultural cooperatives (CNAs by its Spanish acronym) is carried out in a gradual and orderly manner starting next Monday, the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) has been carrying out guidance and training activities for potential partners.