Cuba's Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew by 2.33 percent in August compared to the previous month, the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI) reported on Friday. According to a report published, the indicator that allows knowing the average variation experienced by the prices of a basket of goods and services, representative of the population's consumption in a given period, stood at 233.03 compared to the benchmark year of 2010.

Cuba announced the foreign investment participation in the country's wholesale and retail trade to guarantee the stable supply of products in deficit at the network of stores available to the population.

The province of Holguín is working on the recovery after the recent heavy rains, which exceeded 100 millimeters in 24 hours.