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Electricity Available to More People in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:27:00 -0400

More than 360 inhabitants from Las Cuevas (The Caves) a rural community in Ciego de Ávila, are benefited for the first time with the electrification of their houses by means of the national program of grid improvement.

First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura heads Delegation to Regional Meeting in Lima, Peru

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:13 -0400

First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura heads the Cuban delegation that will participate in the Fifth Latin America-Caribbean-European Union Summit that will take place on Friday and Saturday in Lima, Peru.

Cuba-Honduras Sharpen Economic Cooperation

nesy — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:51:01 -0400

A two-day meeting to follow up on the accords of the First Cuba-Honduras Joint Commission begins Thursday in Havana, according to Granma newspaper.

Committee on Food and Agriculture as the “apple of the National Assembly’s eye” in Cuba

nesy — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:56:10 -0400

Alarcón added, “We have to really achieve a quantitative and qualitative leap in food production; a leap like those that are remembered for all eternity. In our case, it must represent a great challenge to human capacity, organization, creativeness and responsibility of all the people who have something to do with food security.”

To Rescue the Cuban Agriculture: Searching New Formulas

nesy — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:16:24 -0400

Approaches to improving the Cuban agricultural sector were reported on by the Ministry of Agriculture to the Agricultural Commission of the National Assembly, whose president has gone so far as to call this an issue of “national security.”

Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda Sign Memorandum of Understanding

nesy — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:08:52 -0400

Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding that will serve as a legal framework for the free eye-surgery program Operation Miracle that has already benefited 1,182 patients from the neighboring Caribbean nation.

Cuba Takes World Food Crisis Issue to Fifth Latin America-Caribbean-European Union Summit

nesy — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:57:01 -0400

Cuba requested on Tuesday that the issue of the current world food crisis be included in the agenda of the Fifth Latin America-Caribbean-European Union Summit, whose stage at the level of experts began yesterday in Lima, Peru.

In the Havana Chinese Quarter

nesy — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:13:32 -0400

The Chinese Quarter of Havana is more than a group of small and narrow streets situated in the same core of Centro Habana municipality. It is a small city with geographical boundaries in the area around the Aguila and Dragones streets.

Vacations and Recreation in Cuba

nesy — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:07:26 -0400

The Cuban archipelago, which has a privileged location in the Caribbean Sea, is an ideal destination for those who want to spend their vacations in direct contact with nature and, at the same time, enjoy the country's cultural and historic wealth.

New Encanto Hotel in Central Cuba

nesy — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:38 -0400

The hotel La Unión, in the central Cuban province of Cienfuegos, became the third establishment of the Encanto brand inaugurated in the country.