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Passenger ferries could be set to run between Florida and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years after the US government approved new services.
Services between the two countries stopped when the US imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in 1960.
But Washington announced the restoration of diplomatic ties in December last year.
The US government has now lifted the ban and a number of ferry companies say they have been given licences.
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The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bert Koenders will visit the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom and three Latin American countries in the region from May 4 till the following Monday. He will be successively visiting Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten, Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico.
Minister Koenders will visit his Cuban counterpart Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, who has visited The Hague for the first time last Friday. The Netherlands acts as a bridge towards Cuba. The countries concluded earlier agreements in which both countries want more decisions to work together. The Netherlands and Cuba have the intention to cooperate in the fields of trade, agriculture, water management, biotechnology, strengthen regional cooperation and multilateral cooperation in the field of human rights and human rights instruments. Recent international developments offer new opportunities for investments, even for Dutch businesses.
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The mega project is being developed very quickly, Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said, when commenting on the impressions of her tour through ZDEM, an area that reflects the leading role Cuba grants today to foreign investment to boost key sectors, including agribusiness, biotechnology, energy and tourism.
Called to be the door of Cuba to the world, the enclave is aimed at encouraging comprehensive projects, promoting exports of domestic products of high added value and creating jobs, in constant coordination with the international trade and domestic economy.
Referring to the 118 Foreign Investment Law, she said it offers clear definitions of the sectors in which Cuba aims to promote the participation of foreign capital.
I believe that many entrepreneurs have interest in new opportunities that Cuba, a country that is changing a lot, she said, offers.
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With nearly three decades of experience in hotel business, Gaviota Tourism Group will open four new facilities in 2015 to expand its presence in major tourist poles of Cuba.
Three of the new hotels will be located at Cayo Santa Maria, north of the province of Villa Clara, a center operated almost entirely today by the group; the other chosen destination is Varadero, Cuba’s main resort, announced Frank Oltuski, marketing vice president of Gaviota.
Prestigious foreign chains like Melia, Iberostar, Blau, Blue Diamond, and others to be added, manage more than 85 percent of Gaviota´s hotel capacity, associations that have allowed it to grow and gain experience with modern management methods.
To ensure all its services, this Cuban entity also has the travel agency Gaviota Tours, the marinas company Gaviotas, which will build new enclaves in Cayo Coco from 2017; and Transgaviota, for buses and rental cars.
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The final results of the study confirming the effectiveness of CIMAvax-EGF in advanced lung cancer will be presented at an international workshop to be held here on May 12 and 13, specialized sources reported today.
The implementation of the vaccine -conceived by experts of the Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM-Spanish acronym)- in primary health care, the overall safety profile and follow-up experiences in other countries, will also be addressed in the V International Workshop on the topic, to be held in the Palace of Conventions.
The event, organized by CIMAB S.A., a Cuban biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of malignant tumors, will aim to discuss new indications and therapeutic combinations of the compound.
CIMAvax-EGF is the first registered therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer, considered a novel approach capable of generating the patient’s own antibodies against the epidermal growth factor (EGF).
The antibodies generated halt the proliferation of tumor cells, consequently the progression of the disease is controlled, chances of survival increase, as well as the quality of life of treated patients.
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Cuba created the vaccine in 2011 after 15 years of research. Brazil, Argentina and Colombia are currently applying to have access to the vaccine, while the U.K and Australia have already carried out their own clinical trials.
“Signing this agreement means we can immerse ourselves in clinical trials when we return to New York,” said Candance Johnson, director of the U.S.-based Roswell Park institute.
The agreement was signed as part of a business delegation visit to Cuba headed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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