Organized by Engage Cuba and McDermott Will & Emery, a congressional Cuba trade roundtable event took place on June 7 where Republican legislators of the U.S. Congress advocated for trade relations between Cuba and the United States, particularly in the field of agriculture, which, they stated, would be mutually beneficial and represent an important economic opportunity for the U.S. market.
With the participation of Cuban Ambassador José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, an event organized by the Center for International Policy and the Ocean Doctor organization was held in Washington D.C., which focused on the cooperation between Cuba and the United States in the field of environmental sustainability and historic preservation.
The event favored the debate on the experiences implemented in this field between both countries and highlighted the possibilities that still exist for developing projects of this nature.
On Monday afternoon, the President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received Republican Senator Jeff Flake and Google Executive Chairman, Eric Emerson Schmidt.
During the meeting they exchanged on the state of the bilateral relationship between Cuba and the United States, as well as potential areas of cooperation of mutual interest.
The distinguished visitors were accompanied by H. E. Philip Goldberg, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Cuba.
On May 17- 22, 2018, Cuban and U.S. specialists set out on an expedition to the keys in the South of Florida to conduct a geological survey of the coasts and identify any possible land movement in the area caused by tsunamis and hurricanes. The Cuban team was represented by three researches from the National Center for Seismological Research, of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (Citma). The U.S. was represented by the United States Geological Survey.
On May 7- 11, 2018, experts from the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS) of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (CITMA), paid a visit to the National Earthquake Information Center of the United States Geological Survey, located in Golden, Colorado, in the United States. The purpose of said visit was to identify the seismic records of earthquakes with epicenter in the Florida Straits registered by both seismological services.