Angola and Cuba cooperation records progresses

<p style="text-align: justify;">Luanda - The cooperation between Angola and Cuba has recorded significant progresses in the last four years, as it was expanded countrywide. Read More

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SEI Leads Renewable Energy Tour to Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Laurie Guevara-Stone. January 7, 2011. Learn first-hand about the Cuban Energy Revolution! Carbondale, CO 2006 was "The Year of the Energy Revolution" in Cuba. Government Ministries and NGOs developed a nationwide plan focused on energy efficiency and independence. The entire electrical system was upgraded, efficient appliances were distributed among the citizenry, and cadres of young social workers went from house to house in every community teaching energy efficient methods of home maintenance. Cuba became the first country in the world to completely phase out incandescent light bulbs. Read More

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Canjet gets nod to serve Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011-01-07. Canjet has been given the green light to operate scheduled international air services between Canada and Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas.“These designations will provide additional flight choices for consumers travelling between Canada and these three sun destinations,” said Transport Minister Chuck Strahl. “They also contribute to the growth of the Canadian air industry, providing economic benefits to Canadian airports, as well as the Canadian tourism and business sectors.” Read More

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Cuba Reportedly Doubles Trade Surplus

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Marc Frank. Published January 07, 2011.FoxNews.com. Cuba totalled a $3.9 billion trade surplus in 2010 as President Raul Castro’s efforts to reduce imports and earn more abroad brought results for a second consecutive year, according to the government’s statistics office.The $3.9 billion figure is twice the $2 billion reported in 2009, and is a first step in getting the nation’s debt-ridden economy out of the woods, Reuters reports. Read More

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Cuba to Receive Boxing Teams from Several Countries

<p style="text-align: justify;">07 de enero de 2011, 00:09Havana, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) Boxers from several countries will have a training base in Cuba, as reported by Cuban website JIT Thursday.&nbsp; According to the schedule, the first teams to arrive will be the ones from Argentina, Australia and Hungary on January 10.The Argentine team's coach is Cuban trainer Sarvelio Fuentes, and now they are returning to Cuba for a training session to improve the shape of the Argentine boxers for future competitions. Read More

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Cuba to publish financial results of public firms for the first time

<p style="text-align: justify;">13:36, January 07, 2011. Cuba will publish in 2011 for the first time the financial results of public companies to bring more transparency and discipline to its socialist economy, state media said on Thursday."The financial statements of budgeted units, one by one, will become part of the National Statistical Information System from 2011 on," the official daily Juventud Rebelde reported Thursday. "Thus the implementation of the budget in 2011 will be more effective and competent, and at the same time the control of the budget discipline will be promoted," the report said. Read More

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Cuba announces changes to its Cabinet

<p style="text-align: justify;">By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Paul Haven, Associated Press – Thu Jan 6, 9:36 pm ET. HAVANA – Cuba announced a reshuffle of its Cabinet on Thursday, relieving the minister in charge of construction for undisclosed "errors" and stripping a powerful vice president of a secondary role he held as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. Read More

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Cuba Prioritizes Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 6 (acn) Cuba is taking actions to prevent and control non- communicable chronic diseases, which bring about more than 80 % of the nearly 87,000 annual deaths. The head of the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases Department at the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), Dr. Orlando Landrove, told ACN that most of the expenses in the national budget in this sector go to the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and bronchial asthma, among others. Read More

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Cuban Head Policeman Demands Efficiency to Troops

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.01.06 - 08:28:37 / [email protected]. HAVANA, Cuba.- Chief of the General Staff of the Cuban Revolutionary Police Forces (PNR) Brigadier General Jesus Becerra Morciego urged troops to work more efficiently and professionally. Read More

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Cuban province sets record on harvest of protected crops

<p style="text-align: justify;">Written by ACN.Thursday, 06 January 2011 09:40. LAS TUNAS, Cuba.- In 2010, the eastern Cuban province of Las Tunas attained the highest annual harvest of protected crops with the production of about 320 tons of vegetables. Read More

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