Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas is on an intensive working visit to the Russian Federation. His agenda includes meetings between his Russian counterparts, Russian business and the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic-Commercial and Scientific-Techn... More »
A new cooperation agreement between Japan and Cuba has been signed for a humanitarian donation of high-quality medical equipment for emergency services in hospitals and polyclinics throughout the country. The agreement is valued at 500 million Japanese yen (US... More »
The CIEGOPLAST company of Ciego de Ávila has restarted the production of hatchery cages made with high-density polyethylene tubes (TPAD) for intensive fish farming. The project, abandoned in 2007, has been brought back to life. CIEGOPLAST is known for its invo... More »
Cuba has recently expanded a 10-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic park to 15 MW of total capacity with the financial assistance of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD). In a statement issued Sunday by the ADFD, the grid-connected project was scaled up with... More »
Spanish company Grupo TOT COLOR S.A, with its head office in the north of Spain, will begin operations in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) this month. TOT Color SA is a 100% foreign capital company, which was approved to locate in the Mariel Developm... More »
Zarubezhneft JSC, the Russian oil and gas company with operations at the Boca de Jaruco field in Cuba announced the successful launch of the first horizontal well in the flowing mode with an initial oil flow rate of 52 tons/day. The Company explained in a… TO ... More »
Currency unification is on the horizon, although it, in itself, is not enough to reorder and update Cuba’s economy according to some experts. Unification of Cuba’s system of money will be a part of the entire process to strengthen national economic performance... More »
The Cuban Art Factory (Fábrica de Arte Cubano), (FAC) has won TripAdvisor’s 2020 Travelers Choice award, making it one of the most popular attractions in Havana. The FAC, once a factory, renovated into a center for the arts by the musician and composer X Alfon... More »
The Russian coronavirus vaccine known as the Sputnik V will start mass production in other countries and one of those nations is Cuba, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said today. According to the website, the Sputnik vaccine, named af... More »
One of Japan´s largest commercial companies, the Mitsubishi Corp, is exploring new business opportunities in Cuba. A division of Mitsubishi already exports coffee beans from the island and is looking at importing non-traditional seafood, rum, honey and honey p... More »
Cuba’s BioCubaFarma made the announcement this morning of a new joint venture with the British firm SG Innovations Limited. The newly formed company will be known as BioFarma Innovations. The new association aims to provide access to BioCubaFarma’s portfolio o... More »
An official day of mourning was declared in Cuba today to honor the passing of Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, the historian of Havana. White sheets hung from the balconies of Old Havana in respect for the man known as of restorer of the City. Funeral services will... More »
