More Biogas Plants to Be Built in Eastern Cuba
Thirty-five biogas plants, mostly in swine facilities belonging to private producers, will be built in the eastern province of Holguin this year, reports the Granma newspaper.
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91 Killed in Accidents in Cuba in 2012
A total of 91 deaths by accidents were recorded in Cuba in 2012, reported the Trabajadores weekly.
Read MoreStudy Says Young Cubans Prefer to Work for the Government
Most young people in Cuba prefer to work in the public sector, according to a study released on Thursday at the International Congress of Research on Youth, reported the Prensa Latina.
Read MorePresident of French Senate Rejects EU & US Sanctions on Cuba
The president of the French Senate, Jean-Pierre Bel, on Tuesday called for the lifting of the European Union’s (EU) “Common Position” against Cuba and an end to the US blockade of the island, reported Prensa Latina.
Read MoreUS Company Fined for Business with Cuba
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has fined the Eagle Global Logistics Corporation $140,000 for doing business with the government of Cuba, reported Prensa Latina.
Read MoreCubans Consumed Fewer Eggs in 2012
Cubans consumed fewer eggs last year, said Moraima Cespedes Morales, the vice minister of Economy within the Ministry of Agriculture, speaking to the Granma newspaper.
Read MoreCuba Cigar Auction Raises $ 1.1 Million
Humidors with prized Cuban cigars brought in revenues of over $ 1.1 million in the auction held on the final day of the annual Habanos Festival, reported dpa news. Among the guests were the famous former German tennis player Boris Becker and US actor Danny Glover.
Read MoreNBA Player to Attend Havana Cigar Festival
NBA player Gary Payton will participate in the 15th Habano Festival, to be held this week at Havana’s Convention Center. In addition to Payton, one of the best point guards in the NBA in the ‘90s and 2000s, attendance has been announced by German tennis player Boris Becker and Italian tenor Dario Balzanelli, considered the heir to Luciano Pavarotti.
Read MoreRussia Sells 8 Airliners to Cuba
Russia agreed to sell Cuba eight commercial airliners valued at a total of about $650 million, as well as forgive an undisclosed part of the $30 billion debt that Moscow claims is owed it by the island, reported the Russian media on Thursday during the visit of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to Havana.
Read MoreCuba Under Raul Castro’s Reforms
Characterized by economic reforms and political stagnation, over his seven years in power, Raul Castro has promoted a series of changes in Cuba aimed at bringing the island out of chronic economic crisis without relinquishing its one-party socialist model, in place since 1959, reported DPA news on Friday.
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