![]() ![]() 113/2012 of the Tax System and in Law No. The zone has a special tax regime applicable to all concessionaires and users that is comparatively more attractive than those established in Law No. The zone’s main industries include biotech, logistics, agriculture, construction, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and real estate. ![]() So far, 8,560 jobs have been created directly within the zone and 100% of the businesses operating in the zone have at least some Cuban investment. The zone has commercial office space for rent, fiber optic internet, and a variety of amenities for its tenants. In 2014, a double track railroad began operations for the transport of cargo and passengers from the zone to the rest of the country's railroad network. The zone is connected to the rest of the national territory through the connection with the Havana-Pinar del Rio Throughway and the Pan-American Highway. The zone currently has roofed (46,784 m² ), open (30,000 m²), and refrigerated (8,500 m³) warehouses. The Mariel Container Terminal is one of the most modern ports in the region and is designed to operate Neo Panamax vessels. The zone’s location in the west of Cuba gives it access to international trade routes. The zone is located on the coast and taps into the main maritime commercial traffic routes in the Western Hemisphere. ![]() ZEDM has an area of 465.4 km² and is based in the north of Artemisa province, which is 45 km west of Havana. In 2014, when the TCM was inaugurated, it was announced as the first phase of the ZEDM development. A Brazilian company, Odebrecht, was in charge of constructing the port, and PSA International, a leading port group from Singapore, won the bid to administer it. The project was financed with US$ 900 million from the Brazilian Development Bank and the International Economic Association (IEA). Two years before the approval of ZEDM, the development of Mariel Bay had begun with the construction of the Container Terminal of Mariel (TCM). The legislation approves a broad range of regulatory bodies including: the Council of State: the Cuban Central Bank: the General Customs: and the Ministries of Science, Technology and the Environment, Finance and Prices, Interior, and Labor and Social Security. 313 in 2013 by the Council of State and regulated by Decree Law No. The zone was approved under Decree Law No. Mariel (ZEDM) is one of the most successful zones created by this framework. These ZEDs aim to stimulate export, incubate projects in Cuba’s fast growing tech scene, and employ thousands of workers at the local level. “But we didn't know it would get so far and we are very proud, honestly, for being the driving force behind the Cuban people to take to the streets to denounce everything that this dictatorship does.In 2011, the Sixth Congress of the Comunist Party of Cuba approved the “Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution'' which established and promoted the creation of Special Development Zones (known by the Spanish acronym ZED). “We knew that ‘Patria y vida’ was going to be a song that was going to greatly influence the thinking of Cubans,” he added. We are very proud,” said Randy Malcom, from the duo Gente de Zona, in a phone interview from Miami. “This is historic, this had never happened and people shout ‘homeland and life!’ in every street. “Patria y vida” is performed by Yotuel Romero, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo and El Funky, who change the Cuban revolutionary slogan “homeland or death” created by Fidel Castro to: “No more lies, my people ask for freedom, no more doctrines / Let us no longer shout‘ Homeland or death’ but ‘Homeland and life’”. It is a verse of a song that has become the anthem of these protests and that emerged from artists who for the first time dared to express their disagreement with the government. MEXICO CITY – The slogan “¡Patria y vida!” - “Homeland and life!” - is heard loudly during the demonstrations in Cuba. ![]()
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