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March 22nd, 2017

Cuba to use Russian desalination plants to fight drought

The installment of portable desalination units in coastal towns is a way for the Russian federation to help Cuba palliate the negative effects of the drought hitting the island-nation. Read More

E-banking a priority in Cuba to fight long queues

The Cuban Banco Metropolitano will boost e-banking and other initiatives in order to improve services to the population, affected by the insufficient number of facilities it has in Havana city. Read More

Cuban cancer vaccines at primary health care services

The Clinical Research Director at the Havana-based Molecular Immunology Center, Doctor Tania Crombet, said in eastern Holguin city that Cuban cancer vaccines can now be administered in the primary health care services. Read More

Cuban and US scientists launch joint research on hurricanes

Cuban and US scientists held a joint workshop in Havana to study the frequency and intensity of hurricanes that hit the island in the past 10 thousand years with the aim of expanding their knowledge on those natural phenomena. Read More

March 20th

Havana Club International expands aged rum distillery

The Havana Club International company is investing in the expansion of its aged rum distillery located in the Cuban municipality of San Jose de las Lajas. Read More

Cuba will attend world largest computer expo

The Cuban company SOLINTEL (acronym for Comprehensive Solutions for Communications) will participate in the CeBIT, the largest and most internationally represented computer expo, in Hanover, Germany. Read More

Havana´s first luxury hotel furniture made by Cuban enterprise

LUDEMA Furniture enterprise took over the production of about 3,500 articles from 171 assortments destined for the Manzana Kempinski Havana Grand Hotel, Cuba's first five-star plus luxury tourist facility. Read More

March 16th

Cuba and Finland sign agreement on aviation

Alfredo Cordero, president of the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics, and Kimmo Lähdevirta, Director General for the Americas and Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, penned in Havana an air service between the two countries agreement. Read More

Cuba will be at the 28th Lisbon Tourism Fair

Cuba will be present at the 28th Lisbon International Tourism Fair BTL 2017, to take place March 15-19, as Portugal continues to be an important market of Cuba tourism. Read More

Brazilian patients prefer Cuban doctors

Brazilian Health minister Ricardo Barros admitted in Brasilia on Tuesday that local patients prefer to be treated by Cuban doctors working with the More Doctors program rather than by Brazilian physicians, as they stressed the strong commitment of the island´s professionals. Read More