![On January 20, Cuba and the European Union held the third EU-Cuba Joint Council. Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, and Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Foreign Affairs Minister of Cuba, took part in the virtual governmental exchange. The EU-Cuba Joint Council is a further demonstration of the willingness of both parties to fulfill previously agreed commitments, move towards strengthening ties, consolidate the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (ADPC) as a […]](https://www.cubabusinessreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eu-cuba-flags.jpg)
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![The United States Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC) has taken the first step to return to the policies of the Obama era. In a letter known as the “Biden-Harris Transition Letter,” the Coalition has asked newly-elected President Joe Biden to embrace policies that support the development of beneficial relations between the agricultural sector of both countries. As a president who served under Obama, facing an economy hit by the Coronavirus with plans to recover that economy, the request should be […]](https://www.cubabusinessreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/US-agriculture-coalition-for-Cuba.jpg)
![In this interview with Cuba Business Report, Development Economist Dr. Emily Morris discusses GDP and economic development and the complicated task of transformation to the new economy of Cuba, among other topics. Dr. Morris is a research associate at the UCL Institute of the Americas. From (1995-2008) she worked as the Senior Editor/Economist, Latin America and Head of Country Reports at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in London, and was the Country Economist for Belize at the Inter-American Development Bank […]](https://www.cubabusinessreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Emily-Morris.jpg)
![To meet the targets set in its strategic plan for economic recovery, Cuban agriculture needs annual investments of $900 million pesos between 2021 and 2030 according to one expert on the subject. Luis Enrique Díaz Burón, Director of Investments and Development of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) said the investment from today until 2030 will give top priority to substituting imports and increasing exports of rice, beans, corn, milk, meat, and other products. It will be of utmost importance to […]](https://www.cubabusinessreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cuban-agriculture-investment.jpg)
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Cuban Investments Review 2020-2021
The new rules that Cuba has established as part of its “Prioritization” effort are designed to make a serious and positive impact on the Cuban investments process. However, any contemplated investment must be viewed in light ... More »
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International Condemnation as US Returns Cuba to the List
As one of its last acts on the way out the door, the Trump administration re-designated Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism on Monday. The move reverses a decision made during the Obama era. It will now be more difficult for t... More »
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Cuba and Iran to Join Efforts Against Covid19
Cuba and Iran have signed a collaboration agreement for a joint project to carry out Phase III clinical trials of the Soberana 02 Covid-19 vaccine in Iran. The Middle Eastern nation is experiencing a high incidence of infecti... More »
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Interview with Cuban Economist Juan Triana
Juan Triana Cordoví, is a senior professor at the Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy, University of Havana. He spoke with us on the eve before voters in Georgia headed to the polls in crucial Senate runoffs in the Unit... More »
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Mexico and Cuba Strengthen Relations with the Signing of a Trade Agreement
The Mexican ambassador to Uruguay, Víctor Manuel Barceló Rodríguez announced on his official Twitter account the signing last Friday of the Fifth Additional Protocol to the Economic Complementation Agreement No. 51 between his country and Cuba. The agreement r... More »
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Cuba’s Nickel Production Exceeds 50,000 Metric Tons
- David Urra
Despite Covid 19 and the difficulties it has unleashed for international trade, Cuba’s nickel production will end the year having produced 50,000 metric tons in the plants it owns in Holguin province. Juan Ruiz, general director of Mining at the Ministry of En... More »
Russia’s RZD to Modernize Cuban Railroad Infrastructure
- Cuba Business Report Staff
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has just announced the relaunch of the project to modernize the Cuban railroad infrastructure. RZD International LLC and the Union of Railways of Cuba originally signed a contract for reconstruction and... More »
Sinara Transport Sends Seven Locomotives to Cuba
- Cuba Business Report Staff
The Russian company Sinara Transport Machines Holding has sent seven more TGM-8KM locomotives to Cuba. The train engines are a part of a 2016 deal between Havana and Moscow. These seven new locomotives arrived in Cuba last Tuesday. The rail vehicles, at the co... More »