Doctor Jill Biden, wife of the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, will arrive in this capital on Thursday to know more about Cuban education, health and culture, confirmed Josefina Vidal, director general of the United States Office of the island’s Foreign Ministry.
Cuba rejects the promotion by Washington of programs without official consent or consultation through the channels established for such exchange, said the deputy-director general for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry Gustavo Machin.
Financiera Cimex S.A (FINCIMEX), a Cuban non-banking institution, denied reports that on October 1st, a US corporation will launch a prepaid card that can be used in Cuba.
The Mayor of Houston, Texas, Sylvester Turner, arrived Sunday in Cuba heading a 30-member trade mission aimed at exploring opportunities to expand bilateral links following the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana.
Government officials from Cuba and the United States met in Washington to hold the first Bilateral Economic Meeting to address commercial, financial and economic issues of common interest.