Important meetings of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) also defended a better integration and unity between both blocs.
With the backdrop of a sustained explosion in tourism and the influx of new airlines and cruise ships to its geography, Havana hosted in March the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the 5th CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting, both of which bet on re-launching cooperation, trade and transportation among the region’s economies.
Five new projects entered the Mariel Special Development Zone, this time with the participation of Panama, Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Cuba.
The Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), the spearhead of Cuba’s opening to foreign investments, approved five new projects in the first months of this year and also confirmed the opportunity it offers to regional trade in the Caribbean.
Cuba’s economic evolution during 2016 contributes clues about its possible performance in the new year and keys to understand the courses the process of transformations could take.
