The measures adopted by Washington have actually impacted the development of Cuban private business.

Five years after Havana received the status of Wonder City of the World, granted by the Swiss foundation New7Wonders, a new event has taken hold of the city: the celebration of its 500th anniversary.

The new measures implemented by the Cuban Government for the sale of household appliances and automotive parts in dollars have as one of their most anticipated and controversial points the issue of imports.

New economic measures were announced by the Cuban government. Establishments for the sale of products in USD and the opening of bank accounts in this same currency to buy using magnetic cards.

Havana reaches its 500th anniversary and the CubaEmprende Project completes its tribute to this capital city with the November Entrepreneurs event 2019.

Lucas Arzolla Figueroa arrived in Cuba to tell the story of Parallel 18 and encourage Cuban entrepreneurs to sign up to this program. For three and a half years, he has been the operations director of this initiative in Puerto Rico, which aims to make entrepreneurship projects around the world successful.

They call you on the phone, they make an appointment, you attend and treat the best of your client, they teach you what they are looking for, they inform you of their needs, your mind is working a thousand times an hour, devising the best solution so that you are very satisfied. You get home and start working on the project you present in a few days, prepare the budget and schedule the next visit to show you all your work so magnificent because you know what ideas you thought best to solve your need.

Hearing this what’s normal and culturally natural for the majority of the inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere is an expression of disgust or astonishment on their faces. The truth is that a little more than a year ago the European Union (EU) approved a new legislative package known as Novel Food with the aim of making the authorization processes for the entry of new foods into the market simpler and faster; which adds healthy, nutritious and innovative foods to the variety already present in the EU market.