Foreign investment, an essential contribution to Cuba's development
Havana, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) The incentive to direct foreign investment is an essential aspect in Cuba's socioeconomic strategy for development, amid the global crisis and the United States blockade.
A document published recently in Cuba refers to the key sectors where foreign capital is most needed. One of them is food production, where the Cuban Government seeks to speed up the management, implementation and execution of investment to increase production of chicken, pork, cattle, and the agri-industry of fruits and vegetables.
Cuba reports 57 new cases of COVID-19
Havana, September 17 , 2020.- The National Director of Epidemiology, Dr. Francisco Duran Garcia said Cuba diagnosed 57 new cases of Covid-19 over the last 24 hours, bringing to 4933 the number of people who have contracted the disease on the island.
Addressing the daily media update on the disease on Thursday, Duran said 56 patients were Cuban, and almost all of them were confirmed case contacts who had already been hospitalized at the moment of testing positive.
Ciego de Avila and Havana remain the most affected provinces, with 35 and 27 cases respectively.
Cuban President to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, will deliver a statement, on 22 September, at the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Cuba will be the seventh speaker during the morning session on the opening day of this important event, which this year will be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 170 Heads of State and Government are expected to attend.
Díaz-Canel: "Tengan un feliz regreso a casa y aprieten los corazones, porque donde quiera que lleguen van a seguir recibiendo ese calor, ese reconocimiento y ese afecto"
La Habana, 17 ago (ACN) Miguel Díaz-Canel, Presidente de la República de Cuba, se reúne en la mañana de hoy con los miembros de las Brigadas Henry Reeve que combatieron la COVID-19 en Togo y Kuwait, luego cumplir el estipulado periodo de cuarentena.
“Una vez más en nombre de todo el pueblo, felicitaciones por esa labor tan inmensa que realizan”, expresó el mandatario, señala en su perfil en Twitter el Ministerio de Salud Pública.
La injerencia de EE.UU. quiere opacar ayuda médica de Cuba
La Habana, 17 de agosto 2020- Las advertencias injerencistas de Estados Unidos no podrán opacar la colaboración que brinda Cuba en materia de salud, aseguró hoy la Oficina de Prensa de la Embajada de la isla en Panamá.