Venezuela to Open Consular Office in Central Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba. Venezuela has announced that it will soon open a consular office in central Cuba in order to benefit Cuban professionals who make their contribution in this South American nation.

During a meeting reported on by Opciones weekly, the Venezuelan ambassador in Cuba, Victor Eloy Delgado Monsalves, said that the decision will also benefit Venezuelan youths who are currently studying in the Caribbean archipelago.

Delgado Monsalves highlighted the importance of the Consulate General of Venezuela opened two years ago in Havana to attend visa applications, which have risen to nearly 1,000 per month due to the increase of bilateral cooperation, mainly in the sectors of health and education.

The meeting also served to analyze development projects being implemented in Cuba with the sponsorship of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).

Among these projects, participants in the meeting praised the work being carried out at the Camilo Cienfuegos refinery in the central province of Cienfuegos, which will allow the plant to increase the number of crude oil barrels processed daily from 65,000 to 150,000.

Details were also given about the inauguration of a new refinery in the western province of Matanzas and expansion underway at the Hermanos Diaz refinery of Santiago de Cuba.

(Abrirá Venezuela oficina consular en centro de Cuba)