Business & Economy

From today until Saturday, representatives from Cuba will be promoting the island as a destination for tourism at a trade fair in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The aim is to increase the number of travelers from Asian markets to the island.

A Cuban scientist working in Cayo Coco, Cuba, received the 2012 Pew Fellowship for Marine Conservation from the New York-based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Cuba eased requirements on the registration of patents issued to local inventors while it banned some scientific applications, such as human cloning, published the island’s Gaceta Official yesterday.

Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo arrived in China on Tuesday, where he was received by Vice Premier Hui Liangyu of that country.

The lack of guarantees for Cubans who came to Ecuador following that country’s elimination of visa requirements for 130 nationalities in 2008 were reported this past weekend by the website Café Fuerte.

Repsol YPF, said on Monday that it has taken all necessary security measures before beginning exploration off the Cuban coast, adding that it aims to ensure its performance meets international standards.

President Dilma Rousseff visited the Mariel Port in western Cuba yesterday, the site of major investments by her country. She was accompanied there by Cuba President Raul Castro. The cost of the port redevelopment effort is just over $900 million.

Cuban lawyers and legal expects will take a look at existing agricultural policy next week and are expected to propose amendments and new regulations.

The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, will arrive this afternoon in Havana, where she will hold talks with Cuban President Raul Castro. Brazil is currently bankrolling major economic projects on the island.

High level authorities from Cuba and Belarus met in Havana this month to increase cooperation in information technology, transmission and communications to apply tighter controls on the Internet.