Business & Economy

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.

A National Conference of the Communist Party of Cuba will begin Saturday morning and run through Sunday at the Havana Convention Center with the participation of 811 delegates. The delegates will focus discussion on the reorganization of the party in the wake of the approval of the “Guidelines” for economic “updating” at the 6th Party Congress last April.

When Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff arrives in Cuba for an official visit next Tuesday a meeting with dissidents of the Castro government is not on her agenda.

The first secretary of the Communist Party in Guantanamo province, Luis Torres Iribar, today criticized the sugar industry in that territory for production shortfalls.