[NYTr] Cuban Economic Growth Highlighted in Beijing
 
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:59:28 -0500 (CDT)

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Cuban Economic Growth Highlighted in Beijing

Havana, Sept 14 (acn) Cuban specialist, Osvaldo Martinez, who is 
director of the Center of Research on World Economy in the island, 
stressed in Beijing the outstanding economic growth of his country in 
2005 and 2006.

Martinez noted that Cuba has overcome the toughest years of economic 
crisis, despite the sudden collapse of the Eastern Europe socialist 
block and the reinforcement of the brutal blockade imposed by 
successive US administrations on the island over the last 45 years.

According to PL news agency, the Cuban expert briefed a group of 
representatives from China's Communist Party, China's Foreign Ministry 
and other governmental institutions on the island's current economic 
situation.

Martinez also highlighted the social and energy programs undertaken 
throughout the island that include the building of educational and 
healthcare facilities.

He said some 26 million modern electrical appliances -most of them made 
in China- had been distributed among the Cuban population up to 
December 2006.

"Oil and gas production has grown more than consumption. National crude 
currently covers 50 percent of the demand," said Martinez.

Osvaldo Martinez -who is in Beijing at the invitation of the Vice 
President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhu Jiamu-, has 
participated in several forums during his stay in that Asian nation.
 
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