Foreign investment in Cuba under permanent threat of the blockade
Havana, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The United States' economic blockade of Cuba, which to date has cost the country billions of dollars, has prevented an unknown number of foreign companies from investing in Cuba.
This is how Mariluz B’Hammel, director of Trade Policy with North America at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), sees this. She also told Prensa Latina that all the measures of the US blockade have an impact on the entry of foreign capital to Cuba.
Italian media cover San Remo Music Awards in Cuba
The San Remo Music Awards in Cuba has recently mobilized public opinion as a wave of media manipulation has been countered by the international community, especially in Italy.
The confirmation of the days when the event will be held (April 5 to 10) has been largely covered by newspapers, magazines and agencies from Switzerland, Russia, Argentina, Paraguay, Germany, the United States, Spain, France, Mexico, among other nations, despite attempted boycotts on social media.
New Online Visa application system
The Consular Office of the Embassy of Cuba in Seychelles has a new online visa application system through the platform http://visasonline.minrex.gob.cu/es.
This is one more option that will facilitate your visa process and will allow you to optimize your time.
In the following links you will find the help tutorials in Spanish, English and French to make your visa application.
U.S. blockade affects Cuba's biotechnological development
United Nations, February 17 (RHC)-- The United States blockade against Cuba has a powerful impact on the development of biotechnology and the local pharmaceutical industry, Cuba's mission to the United Nations said on Thursday.
While these areas are confirmed as pillars of national sovereignty, Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade hinders their progress, the Cuban mission said in a press release.
Cuba's digital vaccination certificate available
In order to have a digital certificate of vaccination COVID-19 with the required security, a computer system was developed with the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI) to obtain the "Digital Certificate of Vaccination of the Republic of Cuba", by means of which any person who has been vaccinated in the national territory can access the information by generating his digital certificate.