EFE Of Spain Reports "SME investment in Cuba a key goal of business forum." Unfortunately, Cuba Media Does Not Highlight SME Focus
/EFE (Madrid, Spain): Expanded Mexican SME investment in Cuba a key goal of business forum
Expanded Mexican investment in Cuba by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a key theme of the Cuba-Mexico Business Forum, a two-day event that kicked off Thursday in Havana. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz were on hand for the inauguration of the forum at the historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba, as were Mexico's undersecretary of industry and commerce, Hector Guerrero, and Mexican Ambassador to Cuba Miguel Diaz Reynoso.
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teleSUR (Caracus, Venezuela): The forum's inaugural session, which continues through Friday, was attended by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and other high-ranking officials. Representatives of some 150 Cuban and 80 Mexican companies on Thursday attended the opening of the Cuba-Mexico Business Forum at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in the capital city Havana. The inauguration of the event was in charge of the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba Antonio Luis Carricarte, the Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero. The Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce of the Ministry of Economy of Mexico, Hector Guerrero will also be present at the event. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on world economies, Guerrero described trade ties between Cuba and Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy, as "strategic and fundamental" to the island's recovery.
Prensa Latina (Havana, Cuba): Deputy Prime Minister Alejandro Gil told participants today at the Cuba-Mexico Business Forum that the island's economy in the first half of 2022 continues in the process of gradual recovery. https://t.co/07BS1yCAm0 — Carlo (@CarloTresero) July 14, 2022 Cuba's Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said Cuba is working to overcome the economic setbacks of the past two years. "We have a long road ahead of work, opportunities and reciprocal advantages," said Cabrisas. The forum's inaugural session, which continues through Friday, was attended by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and other high-ranking officials. Organized by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Center for the Promotion of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Mexico in Cuba, the forum focuses on areas of common interest such as renewable energy, biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries, tourism, transportation, and construction.
Cuba-Mexico Business Forum concludes with agreements
By Elsy Fors Garzon
Havana, July 15 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba-Mexico Business Forum concluded today with the signing of 12 documents between Mexican and Cuban companies in the textile, food, information technology, renewable energy, culture and environmental services, professionals. The signing of the letters of intent and cooperation agreements were in charge of the Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Marmierca and the Undersecretary of Industry and Commerce of Mexico, Héctor Guerrero. Businessmen from both nations held business rounds at the Hotel Nacional headquarters for two days and analyzed the opportunities to expand economic, commercial and financial relations. The meeting was attended by representatives of some 80 Mexican companies and 150 from Cuba and discussed possible economic and commercial links, in the branches of agribusiness, biopharmaceutical and medical services, energy, transportation, tourism and creative and artistic industries. The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, attended the inauguration, where Guerrero conveyed to Cuba an affectionate and warm greeting from the president of his country, Andrés López Obrador.
