Most Land Grants Now Producing
About 80 percent of the land recently leased to individual farmers in Cuba is now in use for food production, said a senior official of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Private Sector Cuban Workers to Join Unions
About 80 percent of all private sector workers on the island have joined the trade union movement, said Salvador Valdes Mesa, the general secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers.
Read MoreBiennial Murals in Santiago de Cuba
The Tenth International Biennial of Mural Painting (“InterNos”) began yesterday as seven new murals added to the visual quality of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
Read MoreCuba Wins Game 1 vs. the Michigan Lakers
Cuba’s university baseball team defeated the Michigan Lakers 4-3 yesterday in the first of a series of three friendship games in Havana. Today the Cuban team and the US squad from Grand Valley University will play game two of the series, but this time in the Latin American Stadium, also in the capital.
Read MoreYoani Sanchez Makes New Plea to Exit Cuba
In a new tactic to try and get the Cuban authorities to budge on her exit permit, famous blogger Yoani Sanchez made a You Tube video plea to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, trying to get that country’s leader to intercede on her behalf with the Raul Castro administration in Havana.
Read MoreGroup of Americans Travelling in Cuba
Students and professors from a California university visited an art school yesterday in the Cuban city of Cienfuegos as part of their tour of several of the island’s provinces.
Read MoreInjured Cuban Pitcher Out of Danger
Former Cuban pitcher Norge Luis Vera, now out of danger, held an emotional meeting with his Santiago de Cuba teammates, who visited him yesterday at the hospital.
Read MoreBus Company Changes in Cuba
As of the beginning of this month, the Astro Business Group was renamed the National Bus Company, and its “corporate structure was reduced.”
Read MoreL.A. Beekeepers to Meet in Cuba
The Third Latin American Colloquium of Beekeepers, sponsored by various Cuban scientific institutions and the Cuban Society of Beekeepers, will take place from April 3 to 6 in Havana.
Read MoreCuba Improves Maternal Mortality Rate
Cuba achieved in 2011 a maternal mortality rate of 40.6 deaths per 100,000 live births – the best performance in four years. In total, 133,063 infants were born last year in Cuba, during which time 42 mothers died primarily as a result of bleeding during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
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