Business & Economy

The upcoming session of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power (parliament), scheduled for December 23, will focus its discussions on economic and judicial issues.

Orlando Lugo Fonte, the president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), revealed today in an interview with the Granma newspaper that the country has still not paid between $2.5 million and $3 million owed to its farmers.

Cubans products to counter cancer and diabetes are being presented at the International Workshop on the Design and Conducting of Clinical Trials, which is concluding its sessions today at the Havana Convention Center.

Sugar cane harvests this season in Brazil are expected to decline by 8.4 percent, which will be beneficial for the Cuban economy, where significant changes have been made to its sugar industry.

After 25 years of operation, the Cuban company Astilleros del Caribe will be making capital repairs to its containment embankment, whose holding capacity is 4,500 tons.

The Cuban telephone and telecommunications company (ETECSA) is, for the first time, offering to include self-employed workers in the yellow pages of its telephone directory.

The fifth international conference “Where Is Caribbean Integration Heading” will take place today and tomorrow in the Cuban capital.

Cuban vehicle registration offices processed 14,630 automobiles as of November 25, with Havana Province recording the greatest number of title transfers. The figure marks a significant increase in activity since this past October’s issuance of a law and complementary resolutions that relaxed the procedures for the transfer of vehicle ownership between individuals, which had been virtually illegal.

The refinery — the first ALBA project materialized in Cuba — has processed more than 81.2 million barrels of oil since its inception. Since 2007, more than 780 ships loaded with Venezuelan crude have landed at the docks of this plant.