The economic and social transformations recently approved in Cuba aim to encourage everyone to seek solutions, and as a government we have the responsibility to guide social protection in the country, assured today Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic.

During a working visit to Pinar del Río, accompanied by several ministers, he insisted that in an increasingly complex context, companies must find their own alternatives — how to sell in foreign currency and how to import.

"The path is not to privatize everything; this is qualitative. There cannot be a contradiction between what we approve and business actions," he said.

Marrero Cruz informed that 99 of the 176 measures must be implemented before July 31, related to unleashing all productive forces. He specified that these are measures linked to granting greater autonomy to state enterprises, flexibilizing the management and development of non-state management forms, resizing the central state administration, and implementing wage reforms and social protection mechanisms.

"The goal is for businesses to have a greater contribution to the territory, and there must be a correlation between the municipal development strategy and how economic actors operate. The municipality must determine where investment is needed," he noted.

"This is a complex process, but we must not wait for Havana," the Cuban head of government pointed out.

Eumelín González Sánchez, governor of Pinar del Río, explained that the province is working on the design of seven foreign investment projects, of which three have been completed, mainly linked to food and beverage production. He highlighted that more than 180 private economic actors are carrying out some type of corporate social responsibility action associated with public services and communities.

Additionally, the territory has an export-import hub: La Conchita, an emblematic industry that has exported products worth over 6.2 tons so far this year.

Manuel Marrero Cruz congratulated Vueltabajo for being selected as the venue for the national central event for July 26, and emphasized that despite the country's complex situation, "this is a people that has made an effort," he added.