Cuba, Africa, Carib in deep collaboration

Cuba announced Friday it will take a message of cooperation to the next meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) to strengthen this regional block. Read More

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A new aura of economic prosperity over Cuba

Since 2003, Cuba has experienced steady economic growth. More recently, this has been helped by income from the export of medical services to Venezuela, high prices for Cuba's expanding nickel industry, savings on energy imports and, an increasing income from tourism and non-traditional exports. Read More

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TELEMAR receives quality certificate

The company TELEMAR - attached to Cuba's fishing industry - received the ISO 9000 quality certificate as an acknowledgement of its excellent management. The certificate was granted by the National Standardization Office and the international company Bureau Veritas. Read More

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Cubas economy grows 12.5 percent in 2006

The Cuban economy has grown 12.5 percent so far this year, with promising prospects for 2007, said Cuban Economy Minister José Luis Rodriguez in the eastern Cuban city of Bayamo on Sunday. Rodriguez made his statement during a ceremony marking Cuban Economists and Accountants Day. Read More

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Cuba eyes increased rice output and less imports

Cuba hopes to take advantage of improved weather to increase rice output and reduce record imports in the coming years. Read More

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Opening doors to trade with Cuba

Expert to offer advice to rice growers. Louisiana farmers and other producers are in a prime position to benefit from trade with Cuba, state economic leaders say, but the opportunity is also fraught with complexities. Read More

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Cuba: grapefruit harvest has begun

The harvest of grapefruit from the Cuban region of Ciego de Ávila has begun. They expect a production of 10.000 MT, until January 2007. Read More

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Cuba's Las Tunas exporting charcoal

With sales to European countries in excess of 150,000 tons of charcoal this year, the eastern Cuban province of Las Tunas has contributed to a national effort aimed at raising the export of this product. Read More

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Cuban oil and ethanol could prosper in Havanas hunt for energy supplies

Cuba has slowly made progress through the operations of both state-owned and foreign enterprises, by means of new oil explorations and a stepped-up search for new energy alternatives, such as ethanol. Read More

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Press release from the Central Bank of Cuba

Swiss bank UBS and Credit Suisse, an unfortunate subordination to the orders of the empire took place, providing an irrefutable example of how the United States imposes its laws in an extraterritorial manner, and decides who can or cannot do business with the institutions of other nations that are supposed to be free and sovereign. Read More

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