As informative and fruitful can be described the meeting held on the afternoon of Monday by the president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his visit to the headquarters of Google in this city.
Executives from several companies in the information technology and communications sector belonging to the host country showed the president particular interest in the potentialities of the Cuban market, as well as in the development prospects of the Caribbean nation.
Invited by Eric Shmidt, vice president of Alphabet, the head of state of the Republic of Cuba spoke with attendees about the development of high technologies and the role of these in the progress of developing countries. Similarly, he alluded to the challenges implied by these technological advances and their use in an increasingly unequal world.
During the meeting, Díaz-Canel stressed that the information of society is a priority of the Cuban Government. He also stressed that the economic blockade of the United States is the main obstacle to achieve developments in this sphere to its maximum capacity.
The president made reference to the valuable potential of human resources that Cuba has to advance in areas such as those that motivated this close encounter; and highlighted the opportunities that open up in sectors of advanced technologies such as biotechnology.