On November 10, Cuba’s National Office for Statistics and Information (ONEI) reported tourist revenue amounting to over 1.2 billion dollars in the first half of 2016, a 15% increase as compared to the same period last year.

Cuba is prioritizing construction among the important sectors in which it aims to attract foreign investment, with a view to acquiring new construction technologies and systems which will stimulate the development of this sphere in the country.

A second shipment from the United Nations Program for Development (UNPD) has arrived in Santiago de Cuba in support of the recovery effort in the territories affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Cuba´s newly appointed ambassador to Doha Eumelio Caballero and Qatari Foreign Minister Bin Saad Al Muraikhi analyzed the pace of bilateral relations between their countries and considered prospects to further develop those links.