The Cuban government will include the use of water among the economic planning indicators with the aim of encouraging the rational use of this resource in the agricultural and industrial sector and by the population, Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero announced. The island has been affected in recent years by long droughts that have decreased its water reserves.
Read MoreThe flow of Cuban emigrants to Ecuador decreased by 33 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the same period last year, the media in the South American country reported. According to Ecuador’s Migration Police, more than 8,000 persons from the island have decided to stay in the Andean nation since 2006.
Read MoreCuba hopes to multiply by 10 the production of monoclonal antibodies against cancer after the conclusion of the adjustment process and start up of the new plant of the Molecular Immunology Centre (CIM), located in the scientific hub west of the island’s capital, David Curbelo Rodríguez, director of the installation, announced. According to the specialist, one of the fundamental aims is to meet the demand for Nimotuzumab, which reduces advanced tumours of the brain, head and esophagus.
Read MoreWorkers in Cuba are preparing for a process that will result in the elimination of more than 500,000 jobs in the dominant public sector of the economy.
Read MoreYadira Garcia, 54, one of the highest ranking female cabinet members of the government of Raul Castro, was removed from her post as Minister of Basic Industries, informed the local press on Monday.
Read MoreThe idea that moves through this theme from one end to the other is that all of us, at some moment, have been fallen angels, souls that come to us from another dimension. With pure souls, we fall into this world built by the greed of other angels who lost their wings a long time ago, but who adapted.
Read MoreThe Pan American Games and World Cup Qualifying Tournament scheduled to open in less than a fortnight (October 1) in Puerto Rico is only one of two highly anticipated October events. Later in the month Team Cuba and several European and Asian entrants will collide in Chinese Taipei during what is now being billed as a final edition of the recently dormant Intercontinental Cup Tournament (October 23-31).
Read MoreCuban President Raúl Castro and his brother Fidel should work “so that the Revolution is not left in the air and a group of opportunists who are already (close to them) in power do not take over” the island, singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, one of the founders of the New Song Movement, said in an interview published by Brazil’s OEstado de Sao Paulo daily.
Read MorePresident Raul Castro met in Havana on Saturday with Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim who is on a working visit to Cuba. Amorim delivered a letter to Castro from Brazilian President Lula da Silva, however the contents were not made public.
Read MoreIt’s easier to fear, stigmatize and segregate people than to understand and help people find the path (the path of each person, not necessarily the one we think is the best). Poverty is one of our biggest fears and our greatest shames; that’s why many think that it’s better to keep it separated from the rest of us. (40 photos)
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