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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 03:05 UTC

Tag: Ricardo Cabrisas

  • Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:41 UTC

    Castro condemns “obsolete mentality” against foreign capital, as economy contracts

    Economy Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and President Raul Castro told Parliament that Cuba's GDP fell nearly 1%, after a steady growth of 3% in the last five years.

    In spite the significant surge in tourism set off by the detente with the United States, Cuba’s economy shrank in 2016 for the first time in nearly a quarter century with the main culprit: a plunge in aid from crisis-stricken Venezuela. President Raul Castro called on the Cuban people to overcome the obsolete mentality against foreign capital.

  • Saturday, December 10th 2016 - 17:44 UTC

    Cuba and Russia sign defence cooperation agreement

    Russia's Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin (left) and Cuban Vicepresident Ricardo Cabrisas during the signing of the agreements Friday in Havana

    The Vicepresident of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz and Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin Friday signed a new defense cooperation agreement in Havana as well as six other treaties in the fields of technology, aviation, medicine and railroad transport.

  • Monday, August 5th 2013 - 01:51 UTC

    Iran after closer relations with Latinamerica, says new president Rouhani

    Cuban Vice president Cabrisas with President Rouhani

    New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met in Tehran on Sunday with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and said his country wanted to expand its relations with Latin America, “especially with Cuba,” Iran's Isna news agency reported.<br />
    Cabrisas traveled to Iran for Rouhani's inauguration on Sunday.