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November 20th

Las Tunas, Cuba in Search of an Ecologically Sustainable Agrarian Development

Those more than one thousand members of the Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forest Technicians (ACTAF) from the province of Las Tunas join efforts to revert the severe damages caused this year by the powerful natural disasters and continue promoting the development of the territory on the base of a sustainable ecology. Read More

Modern Technology Benefits Children in the Cuban eastern province of Holguín

Health services in the Cuban eastern province of Holguín have benefited from the installation of state-of-the-art equipment to improve medical care for children and youths. Read More

In Cuba: Commemoration because of the 50th Anniversary of Camagüey´s Guerilla Front

“Frente Camagüey, a branch of Cuban Rebel Army, was founded back in November 18, 1958, in San Miguel del Junco as part of the strategy designed by Fidel Castro to defeat Batista’s dictatorship”; affirmed yesterday Julio César García, member of the Central Committee of Cuban Communist Party and First Secretary of such organization in this province. Read More

Egypt welcomes Aleida Guevara, one of the daughters of the guerrilla Commander Che Guevara

Egypt welcomes Aleida Guevara, one of the daughters of the guerrilla Commander Ernesto Che Guevara, who gives a courtesy visit to the Secretary General of the Arabian League Amr Moussa, as part of the program of activities in Cairo, and in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Read More

Mexican writer Sergio Pitol, Nostalgic for Havana

Mexican writer Sergio Pitol could hardly control his choked voice as he finished reading fragments of his Diario de la Pradera, a touching testimony of his stay in Havana four years ago. Read More

Chinese President Hu Jintao concludes his Cuba visit Wednesday to head for Peru

Chinese President Hu Jintao concludes his Cuba visit Wednesday to head for Peru, where he will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.<br /> Read More

November 19th

Colombians Interested in Fidel Castro´s Book

The Havana launch of Fidel Castro´s book La Paz en Colombia (Peace in Colombia), which contains details of Cuba´s contribution to a political solution in this country´s internal conflict, has had great repercussion here. Read More

One Million Tourists Expected in Varadero, Cuba

Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR) officials expressed on Tuesday their confidence that Varadero, the Island’s main beach resort, will close this year with the reception, for the first time, of one million visitors. Read More

Scorpion Farming Multiplies in Cuba

The farm of blue scorpions Rhopalurus Junceus, an endemic species from Cuba, located in the province of Cienfuegos, increased the number of specimens used in the project called &quot;Demonstration of the anti-cancer venom effect&quot; of the type also called by Cuban peasants Red Scorpion.<br /> Read More

Cuba's infant mortality rate due to acute respiratory infections dropped 98 percen

Cuba's infant mortality rate due to acute respiratory infections dropped 98 percent, as a result of health policies implemented throughout the country. Read More