Varela visits Cuba for tourism chat

President Juan Carlos Varela arrived in Cuba on Monday this afternoon and was received by the Minister in charge of Cuban Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra. According to the official agenda, Varela will spend at least 27 hours on the island.   Varela is scheduled to meet with his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, at the Palace of the Revolution, where they will discuss projects to boost the tourism sector, trade, as well as the diplomatic ties of both nations. The trip will be followed by one to China. Both have been widely criticized with a newspaper poll showing 87% of readers against

He will also meet with a group of young people who are registered as pilgrims at the World Youth Day to be held in Panama from January 22 to 27, 2019.