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(Prensa Latina) Cuba has received more than 300 formal requests to settle in the Special Development Zone Mariel (ZEDM), it was reported today in an online business forum prior to the Summit of the Americas, to be held in Panama.
The online-real-time exchange with managers and Cuban officials focused on the topics to be addressed at the II Business Summit of the Americas, including food security and agribusiness, integration and financial inclusion, economic empowerment of women, energy, infrastructure, logistics and connectivity, innovation and information technology.
To a number of questions and comments on ZEDM, General Director Ana Teresa Igarza replied that requests received are in the process of preparing their respective documentations.
Projects approved are in the process of commercial register and will be announced once they are established in the zone, destined to become Cuba’s commercial port to the world; inasmuch as ZEDM is the result of the island’s effort to boost foreign investment and update its economic model.
Igarza added that the area provides spaces for various industry branches and includes the provision of modern services.
The new container terminal at Mariel is managed by the world’s leading company PSA, from Singapore, and has a development strategy including its extension to a maximum of two thousand 400 meters of quay, an annual operational capacity of three million containers, and its specialization as trans shipment port.
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Cuba and Trinidad-Tobago signed a bilateral collaboration accord in the area of tourism to promote and increase the flow of travelers and to boost the Caribbean multi-destination.
The agreement includes the training of personnel, investment promotion, the exchange of expertise and scientific experience, environmental evaluations and the development of new tourist products.
The Trinidadian delegation held talks with the Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca and with government vice-president Ricardo Cabrisas.
Cementerio Santa Ifigenia is the second oldest cemetery in Cuba.This Cemetery constitutes a reminder of the last and present history of Cuba, because there lies some of the personalities’ rest more valiant and illustrate of the independence wars, as well as some outstanding figures of the art and the Cuban culture.
The Main Tombs and Monuments of the Cemetery are Estrada Palma first president; Emilio Bacardí of the famous rum dynasty; Mariana Grajales, Maceo’s mother; Carlos Manuel de Céspedes; and, Compay Segundo of Buena Vista Social Club fame. The title of his last song, Las flores de la vida, is carved on his gravestone, and there is a bronze replica of his guitar and hat.
One of the most visited places is the Mausoleum of 24 meters height that keeps the ashes of José Martí, where in a perpetual way falls a sunbeam on his tomb.
It’s a wonderful place to visit, a stunningly beautiful memorial.The changing of the guards at the Marti memorial happens every half hour (24/7) and is a splendid spectacle.
There is rumor that …”Fidel Castro will be buried in this cemetery”
From the 1st of June Iberia Airlines will resume flights between Madrid and Havana.
The group announced that, including Iberia Regional Air Nostrum franchise, about 39 new routes will be opened this summer, including 19 additional destinations to the network and increasing offers in flights or seats in 22 of its current itineraries.
Three destinations are opened in the long-haul network: Havana, Cali and Medellin
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Delegations from Cuba and the United States are preparing conditions today for the holding here tomorrow of an unprecedented dialogue on human rights, framed in the rapprochement process announced on December 17 by Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama.
Although many issues are in the agenda parallel to steps to normalize diplomatic relations and open embassies in their respective capitals, this arouses particular interest in both countries and the international community, since it is one of the most used by Washington against the island.
State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke: “The objective of the meeting is to discuss the structure and methodology for future talks on the issue,” he said.
Aviation, legal and orderly migration, postal mail, marine protected areas and hydrography are also among the issues of common interest, boosted by the December 17 announcements.
Since then, Cuba and the united States have held three rounds of talks, two in Havana and one in Washington, focused on the restoration of diplomatic relations and the opening of embassies.
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) –
Fresno Assemblyman Henry T. Perea is leading a delegation to Cuba next week in hopes of fostering a trade relationship. Their hope is to create a direct line of communication from Valley growers to Cuban customers.
For 53 years, a strict embargo has kept the United States and Cuba from doing business. So when the ban against trade and travel was recently lifted, Perea said he saw an opportunity for the Central Valley. “It turned out there was a huge interest in wanting to visit Cuba, establish relationships and learn how to export more agricultural products into the island,” he said.
On Monday, Perea, other policymakers, farmers and representatives of the agricultural community are meeting with leaders in Cuba. Loren Booth, president of Booth Ranches in Orange Cove, is one of the 27 delegates. Her goal is to see how the oranges from her farm could do in the Cuban market. “Just a cursory sort of exploration of possibilities and what’s available, and sort of what their expectations are of the United States and just to hear where they were and where they hope to be,” said Booth.
Cuban leaders are showing interest in some Valley commodities. Early export favorites, Perea said, include dairy products, rice, any kind of tree nut, almonds and oranges. “If we can walk away from this trip with a better understanding of how to make our commodities in the Valley and in the state of California more competitive and attractive to Cubans, then I will consider that a success,” said Perea. The trip won’t cost taxpayers anything, he said, as they explore a possible foothold in Cuba.
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