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15 February, 2022

Cuban Julio Carranza distinguished as head of Unesco-Guatemala

Cuba seeks alliances in business forum on biotechnology and health
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Abu Dhabi, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) A business forum on biotechnology and health showcases trade and investment opportunities in Cuba, as part of the activities organized this Tuesday by the Caribbean country at Expo Dubai 2020.
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February 15, 2022
CST07:56 (GMT) -0500

Published by: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Ruben Ramos, vice president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce, told Prensa Latina that this will be a unique opportunity so that the regions’ countries, and particularly the United Arab Emirates, learn first-hand about the Cuban development in those sectors.

Government and trade authorities from the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, some 14-country pavilions at the event, 28 Cuban companies and about 35 foreign companies from the biotechnology and health sectors confirmed their attendance.

Organized by the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), the forum includes a panel, moderated by trade authorities from Dubai.

Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca will comment on details of the Foreign Investment Law, incentives for foreign trade and Cuba’s exportable offer, with more than 350 products, among goods and services.

In addition, Malmierca will present the investment portfolio approved during the business forum held in Havana in December 2021, which includes 678 projects estimated at more than 12 billion dollars in sectors such as biotechnology, health, renewable energies, food production and tourism.

The forum will be broadcast live on the website of the Cuban pavilion at the fair and will be followed up in business rounds until February 18.

Guatemala, Guatemala.- The Guatemalan government recognized the work of Unesco’s representative and director in this country Cuban Julio Carranza, who received the order Antonio José de Irisarri.

President Alejandro Giammattei, while confering him with the order, recalled that Carranza arrived in Guatemala in 2013 and since that date accompanied the State in the promotion of education, culture, support for peace and youth, as well as the protection of cultural heritage and strategies to reduce poverty.

Cuban Julio Carranza distinguished as head of Unesco-Guatemala

“It is a great pleasure to grant him this order, because it represents gratitude for his excellent work as a friend of our country”, the president pointed out.

I hope that the sincere gratitude with which I pronounce these words to humbly receive the order is perceptible, Julio Carranza admitted.

Cuban Julio Carranza distinguished as head of Unesco-Guatemala

“When I received the news, believe me it was a very pleasant surprise, because not for a moment did I believe I would receive this distinction. It took me a few minutes to understand what it was all about because of my 25 years at Unesco, nine were in Guatemala, a great privilege,” he said.

Etiquetas: 2022 CST07:56 (GMT) -0500 Published by: Ileana Ferrer Fonte Ruben Ramos - and particularly the United Arab Emirates - as part of the activities organized this Tuesday by the Caribbean country at Expo Dubai 2020. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Share on telegram Share on email February 15 - Cuba seeks alliances in business forum on biotechnology and health Expo-Dubai-Cuba Abu Dhabi - Dubai and Sharjah - Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) A business forum on biotechnology and health showcases trade and investment opportunities in Cuba - learn first-hand about the Cuban development in those sectors. Government and trade authorities from the Emirates of Abu Dhabi - some 14-country pavilions at the event - told Prensa Latina that this will be a unique opportunity so that the regions’ countries - vice president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce

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