Business

New York.- “Caribbean leaders should encourage, embrace and affirm the flow of capital that is positive, sustainable and healthy for the region.” a Antigua-born scholar, Dr. Isaac Newton, said in an interview this month.

Havana.-Cuba and France countries may cooperate soon in sectors like energy, tourism, agriculture, education, and culture, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius during a visit to Havana last week.

Panama City.- Panama and Mexico signed a free trade agreement last month, bringing this Central American country one step closer to the Pacific Alliance.

  Prensa Latina News Agency Cuba needs a direct foreign investment of about US$ 2.5 billion year to fund its socialist, prosperous, and sustainable socio-economic model, said Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Marino Murillo, this Saturday.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz presented to Parliament the fundamental points of the new law on the subject.

Mobile, Alabama.- Business leaders, at least some in Alabama, foresee an end to the 50-plus year U.S. moratorium on unfettered commercial trade to Cuba and they want to be ready when it happens, the news Web Page Al.com, from Alabama, report.