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Sociedad Jose Marti: diciembre 2005

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to U.S. energy company 
executives, Fidel Rivero Prieto, President of Cuba Petroleo, told his  counterparts
from the U.S. energy sector that Cuba " ... would be very pleased  to do
business together ... " and invited them to meet with him and his Cuban 
colleagues at the U.S.-Cuba Energy Summit scheduled for February 2-4, 2006, in  Mexico
City.

Citing the need for " ... investments by  additional foreign companies,"
Rivero wrote that the meeting in Mexico " ...  will permit us to provide the
information that is most useful to your company  ... and we will have the
opportunity to learn about your products and  services.  In this way," Rivero wrote,
"both of us will be prepared to  discuss real business opportunities as soon as
that is  possible."

This historic U.S.-Cuba Energy Summit is  being organized by Alamar
Associates (_http://www.alamarcuba.com_ (http://www.alamarcuba.com/) ) which has 
organized five previous Cancun Business Summits which have brought more than 500 
U.S. executives together with their Cuban  counterparts.

The Energy Summit is being sponsored by  the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association
(_http://www.uscuba.org_ (http://www.uscuba.org/) ) along with Caterpillar,  Port
of Corpus Christi, Louisiana Department of Economic Development, Valero 
Energy Corporation, Lafayette Economic Development Authority, National Foreign 
Trade Council, and USA*Engage.

The Summit, which had  been originally scheduled for Cancun in December, was
changed due to the  hurricane damage and now will be held at the Sheraton
Maria Isabel Hotel in  Mexico City, February 2-4, 2006.

"With Spain, China,  Canada, Norway, and India signing agreements to explore
in Cuban waters less  than 100 miles from our shores in the Gulf, it is time
for U.S. firms to  understand what is going on and what the future business
potential might be,"  said Kirby Jones, President of the U.S.-Cuba Trade
Association, "and this event  offers U.S. executives the opportunity to do just that
face-to-face with their  Cuban counterparts."

Cuba will send to the Summit in Mexico a high level  delegation led by Fidel
Rivero Prieto, President of CubaPetroleo, and will  include officials and
specialists from the Cuban Ministry of Basic Industries,  Union Electrica, and
Ministries of Foreign Trade, Foreign Investment, and  Foreign Relations.

"I am looking forward to meeting  one-on-one with this distinguished group of
Cuban officials and specialists to  discuss the real business potential for
Southwestern United States.  Cuba  with its recent discoveries offers our
business community another option for oil  and gas exploration and discovery," said
Ruben Bonilla, Chairman of the Port  Authority of Corpus Christi.

The Summit agenda will  include presentations and Q & A sessions with all the
Cuban specialists;  each company will have a private one-on-one meeting
arranged with Cuban  counterparts; experts will discuss the current laws and
prospects for change;  and presentations will be made by energy companies already
doing business in  Cuba.

"Nobody wants to be left out and the potential  of business in this new
market for Louisiana companies is significant.   This meeting will allow companies
from our state to meet Cuban counterparts and  get in on the ground floor,"
said Mike Olivier, Secretary of the Louisiana  Department of Economic
Development.

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