Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, urged businessmen from his country to invest in Cuba, in a bilateral economic forum held at Havana´s Hotel Nacional.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) named Cuba the second leading tourist destination in the Caribbean in the first quarter of 2015, only preceded by the Dominican Republic, the local press reported.

Cuba denounced at United Nations General Assembly the damage caused by the U.S. commercial, economic and financial blockade to the transportation sector with the obvious objective of paralyzing that service.

Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, described today as difficult the economic situation in the country. Through his Twitter account, the president insisted in the moment the country is experiencing due to the ongoing decline in oil prices and the dollar appreciation.

A better knowledge of soils and their agricultural productivity results from the research led by the Guantanamo agronomist Francisco Mila Palmer, who highlights the significance of these studies for food production, a national priority.