The Council of Ministers has approved a group of measures to boost the economy, among them increases in salaries for workers in the budgeted sector, and pensions, which will benefit more than 2,750,000 persons.
As the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates prepare to take the debate stage for the first time in Miami on Wednesday and Thursday, Engage Cuba is calling the candidates to articulate their plans for improving U.S. policy toward the island.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received in Havana on Tuesday the members of the 30th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan, organized by the Interreligious Foundation for the Organization Community IFCO-Pastors for Peace.
Carnival Cruise ship company has cut its profit forecast for the year, anticipating a hit from the Trump administration’s sudden ban on cruises to Cuba and weakening demand in Europe, sending its shares down over 7%.
The performance of the Cuban economy during the first half of the year has been marked by tense moments, however there are signs of vitality that allow for a foreseeable growth at the end of the year.