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Export index of Cuban charcoal increases

Some 165 600 tonnes of charcoal were exported by the Cuban agribusiness company Ceballos, the figure exceeds export rates of this product in a decade, official media announced on the island. Read More

Baleària will be the first to get Cuban permission for sea travel to US

Baleària shipping company, owned by Spanish Adolfo Utor and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Abel Matutes (1996-2000), will be the first to link Cuba and the United States, confirmed on Tuesday the Digital Confidential newspaper. Read More

US Government explores options for increasing trade, travel and flights to Cuba

The US government is exploring "various options" to increase the trade, travel and flights to Cuba in the process towards full bilateral normalization, said a spokesman for the White House. Read More

American will operate from December direct charter Los Angeles-Havana

American Airlines (AA) said on Tuesday it will start operating from next December a charter flight between Los Angeles and Havana, the only connection between the two cities nonstop. Read More

Spain offers 24 million euros in credit to invest in Cuba

The possible end to restrictions for Americans to freely travel to Cuba as tourists is attracting the interest of Spanish investors, who have focused on this destination as one of the top countries for doing business in the coming years. Read More

A Russian oil company implements project in Cuba to recover wells

The state oil company of Russia, Zarubezhnetf, and the company Unión Cuba-Petróleo executed a cooperation project to recover oil wells on the island, state television reported on Sunday. Read More

Cuba prepares for foreign tourism

Just after US President Barack Obama relaxed the restrictions on travel just over seven months ago, about 88,900 Americans have arrived in Cuba. This represents a 54% increase over last year, a figure that could rise in December. Read More

Panama seeks to expand its trade relations with Cuba

A bill has been submitted to the National Assembly by the Minister of Commerce and Industries of Panama Meliton Arrocha. According to official sources, the document aims to increase trade with the island and extend the terms of the Partial Agreement between Panama and Cuba. Read More

Colombia sees in Cuba a tourist opportunity rather than a competition

A mission composed of Colombian companies arrived in Cuba to assess the tourism situation on the island in view of the recent opening to the US market. Read More

Arkansas governor plans to travel to the island to promote rice exports

Arkansas Governor, Republican Asa Hutchinson, will travel in September to the island, which will make him the first US governor to visit Cuba since the official establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana last July. Read More

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