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April 3rd

Cuban Forest Rangers Avoiding Damages

Cuban forest rangers are currently getting ready to prevent fires or mitigate damages, when most of those phenomena occur in April.<br /> Read More

Havana Film Festival New York: 11 Years of Latin American Cinema

The Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) launches its second decade, April 16-23, with a program of award-winning films, panel discussions, and Q&amp;A sessions with noted international filmmakers, actors and producers. Read More

Changes in the education system benefit economy

Now that almost 7 000 teenagers are not longer boarding full-time students but day students, the Cuban province of Camagüey saved more than 3,5 million pesos in transportation last year. Read More

Amorosa Guajira, a special party in the countryside

Behind scenes, a group of girls got ready to fraternally compete in the contest “Amorosa Guajira”, a social gathering in the countryside that the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) announces every year. Read More

Measures Taken to Minimize Drought Effects

Ciego de Ávila takes measures to minimize the socioeconomic damages caused by drought, a phenomenon becoming noticeably and even worst through the last years in Cuba. Read More

Siboney Sugar mill the first to accomplish sugar harvest plan

Triumph whistles and joyful music beats characterized the spontaneous celebration of the workers to celebrate the achievement: Siboney sugar mill became the first one of its kind to complete the sugar production plan in the whole country. Read More

Community Inspections to Fight Spread of Dengue

Public health personnel from eastern Santiago de Cuba are carrying out daily investigations in the city’s communities, in order to detect and monitor people with non-specific fever and other symptoms that could be a sign of dengue.<br /> Read More

April 2nd

More Protected Areas in Cuba

About 253 protected areas are identified in Cuba, from which 105 are effectively managed to guarantee the conservation of nature and cultural resources. Read More

Haiti prompts meeting of top Cuban, US officials

Cuba's foreign minister met with a top U.S. State Department official to coordinate medical help for quake-ravaged Haiti, one of the highest level encounters in years between the Cold War enemies, officials said Thursday.<br /> Read More

Cuba starts vaccination against A/H1N1 flu

Cuba started Thursday a two-phase vaccination campaign against the A/H1N1 flu virus, said the Health Ministry.<br /> Read More