Danny Glover is a Great friend of Cuba, says Díaz-Canel
President Miguel Díaz-Canel today described American actor Danny Glover as a great friend of Cuba and a sincere man committed to making the world a better place to live.
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Cuba Reactivates its Largest Distillery with Spanish Investment And technology
Cuba has reactivated the Alficsa Plus distillery, producer of fine alcohols from sugarcane, which has been rehabilitated with Spanish investment and technology.
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Cuban President Pleads for Solution on Employment Issue
President Miguel Diaz-Canel pleaded to seek a temporary solution for workers dismissed from work in activities demanded by the national economy.
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Cuba Has about 605,000 Self-Employed Workers
Some 605,000 people were self employed in Cuba in late May 2019, the Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Margarita Gonzalez, told MPs on Tuesday.Speaking in the debate on the behavior of this non-state form of employment (private entrepreneurship), which has grown after the process of economic updating, Gonzalez said that women make up 35 percent of them and young people, 32 percent.
Havana (capital), Matanzas, Villa Clara, Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba have the highest number of people working in this modality with 65 percentage points.
In the analysis of the Economic Commission of the Cuban parliament, the MP referred that food production and sale, passenger transport and cargo and housing, room or space renters remain the most representative activities.
MTSS data reflect some 128 activities licensed for self-employment in Cuba.
Since this Monday, the 10 permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power, assembled in the Havana Convention Center, are analyzing essential issues for the progress in Cuba. /PL
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