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Cuba will host for the first time the International Symposium on Trade and Service Development, May 19-22 in Havana.
The forum, being organized by the Cuban Domestic Trade Ministry, will address the unfolding of domestic trade amidst ongoing economic changes and will include roundtables, discussion panels, and key-note lectures by representatives of local and international participants.
Some of the topics on the forum´s agenda include logistics, design and management of warehouses, non-state service modalities in Cuba, and cooperatives in the non-agriculture sector.
Observers say that the forum, to take place at Havana´s Conventions Center, will allow the exchange of expertise and the debate of ideas related to the sustainable development of wholesale and retail market operations.
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The White House confirmed that Obama had notified Congress of his intention to remove Cuba from the list, reversing a designation that has been in place since 1982.
The White House now believes Cuba does not support rebel groups such as Farc or ETA.
The Cuban government recognised the fair decision made by the president of the United States to eliminate Cuba from a list.
“I apologize to Obama for expressing myself so emotionally”. “President Obama has no responsibility for this. There were 10 presidents before him; all have a debt to us, but not President Obama. . . . I have read his books — parts of them — and I admire his life.” Raul Castro said.
With regard to remove Cuba from the black list, Obama said. “I’ve been on the road,”. “I want to make sure I have a chance to read it and study it before we announce it publicly.”
US President Barack Obama has described the historic thaw in US-Cuba relations as a “turning point”.
Mr Obama was addressing 34 other regional leaders, including Cuba’s President Raul Castro, at the Summit of the Americas in Panama.
The US president is due to meet Mr Castro on the sidelines of the summit.
It will be the first top-level negotiations between their countries in more than 50 years and their first formal meeting since the thaw began.
Addressing the same plenary in Panama City on the summit’s second day, Mr Castro called for the decades-long economic blockade on Cuba to be lifted.
He also described Mr Obama as an “honest man” after a lengthy speech largely taken up with the history of US-Cuba relations.
“When I talk about the revolution, the passion oozes out of me,” the Cuban leader said. “I have to ask President Obama for forgiveness. He is not responsible for the things which happened before his time.”
Earlier, Mr Obama told fellow leaders: “This shift in US policy represents a turning point for our entire region.
“The fact that President Castro and I are both sitting here today marks a historic occasion,” he said, while admitting there were still significant differences.
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President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have exchanged greetings and handshakes at the opening of the submit of the Americas in Panama.
They are expected to “interact” more fully on Saturday to discuss moves to reopen embassies and widen travel opportunities between the two nations, having spoken to one another by phone before the summit, according to US officials. The foreign ministers of the two nations met on Thursday for the highest level meeting between the two sides since the era of president Eisenhower.
Adding to the momentum, the State Department has set the stage for the removal of Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terror by completing a review of the island’s status. Obama is now poised to makes an announcement of a delisting, which would mark another important step towards improved ties.
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Direct flights between Orlando and Havana will begin on July 8.
Round-trip tickets will cost $429, Hauf said.
The 90-minute flights on a 120-seat Boeing 737-300 initially will occur only on Wednesdays, with a Sunday flight expected to be added later in the summer, according to an airport news release.
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