A variety show, dance troupe, catwalk, participatory games and emerging musicians were the stars of the second “Lo llevamos rizo” (We wear our hair curly) party; a project that was born seven years ago and is shifting from social media to physical space.

A little over a week ago, several businesses established in Cuba reported a malfunction in their WhatsApp Business applications: it is no longer possible to access the product catalogs.

World Food Day was one of the motivations for the “Festival Zona Quinta,” held in the Quinta de los Molinos gardens in Havana. An entrepreneurship fair, expo-sale, contests, interactive courses, exchange of experiences, book presentations, participation games and veterinary attention and care for pets formed part of the activities, based on healthy, nutritional and environmentally friendly enterprise.

Habana Espacios Creativos was filled with yarn to host the first meeting of Havana’s women knitters and crocheters, organized by Chulita Teje and Tejidos Leyda, two of the enterprises that are especially dedicated to this craft.

“One day I discovered the Japanese term Wabi Sabi and I felt very identified; because it speaks of beauty in the imperfect and that’s how I see the wood I work with. They may be damaged by the ravages of time, have uneven edges, cracks, dents, but when painted they come back to life with a new function.”

For the first time in Cuba, more than 300,000 businesses, fundamental activities or services of the country are grouped in an online directory of economic actors, in the Cuban Business and Services Guide.

“The new forms of state management come to contribute and not to subtract,” young Self-Employed Worker (TCP) Daniel Abnier Rodríguez tells Negolution while helping to load a truck with supplies for those who lost everything, or almost everything in Pinar del Río following the passage of Hurricane Ian.

Although it is never too late to learn how to ride a bicycle, the early years of life are ideal for this activity. With this objective, the Vélo Cuba project recently extended its bike hire to Havana’s Hábitat Park, as part of a pilot test providing bicycles for children.

The “Ciudad en Bici” (City by Bike) project is back with the Seminar “The bicycle: Uses and recommendations for urban mobility,” which brings together the Cuban cycling community for the second time to discuss the future of this means of transportation.. Organized by the Patrimonio Comunidad y Medio Ambiente Civil Society organization, together with various national and international institutions and organizations, the event took place in the Multipurpose Hall of the Palacio del Segundo Cabo.

Cuba and the Dominican Republic are preparing to expand cooperation between their entrepreneurs, through new businesses and foreign investment, including new actors in the Cuban economy.