Cuba and Spain hope to renew by next summer cooperation in education through the establishment of an agreement that replaces the one in place since 1999, announced Mario Bedera Bravo, Spanish secretary of state for education and professional training, who is participating in the Pedagogy 2011 congress.
Read MoreThe 9th Humberto Solás Low-Budget Film Festival will be held in the eastern city of Gibara next April 5-10, according to Sergio Benvenuto, director of the event, which on this occasion will pay tribute to its deceased founder on the 70th anniversary of his birth.
Read MoreRepresentatives of the Cuban and Venezuelan governments said they were pleased with how the 23 agreements in the electric power sector are working out, which have made it possible to improve the maintenance of networks, the installation of new equipment and the recovery of others in the South American country, the press reported after a meeting in Caracas. Last year the island helped its principal ally overcome an acute power crisis caused by the worst drought in half a century.
Read MoreCuba will bring together hundreds of Havana cigar aficionados during the 13th Havana Cigar Festival, which will begin on Feb. 21 in this capital, the Opciones weekly reported. The event, organized by the Habanos S.A. joint venture, will feature the Havana Cigar Sommelier contest, a competition in which the participants demonstrate their mastery in the combination of wines and cigars.
Read MoreForty per cent of the available land for agricultural purposes in Cuba is still idle, despite the handing over of plots more than two years ago through Decree-Law 259, stated the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Center for Land Control.
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch has issued its World Report 2011 discussing what its researchers consider the status of human rights in countries around the world. Cuba and the United States, whose governments routinely criticize each other’s human rights record, are two of the countries where the types of violations are detailed.
Read MoreCorruption is generalized in Cuban society and affects the representatives of the State as well as persons who need to bribe or steal to survive, according to several cables from the U.S. Interests Section dated between 2005 and 2009 released by WikiLeaks. These practices have also spread to getting jobs in emerging sectors such as tourism and even in some medical services.
Read MoreA lack of foresight in the purchase of spare parts for harvesters and problems in the contracting of productions affect the recovery of the rice sector in Cuba, Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodríguez recognized in a meeting of cooperatives held in the eastern city of Bayamo.
Read MoreThe Cuban Catholic Church will not challenge the island’s government in order to maintain its spaces for cult, be able to renovate its installations and increase the number of nuns and priests, according to the conclusions of Michael Parmly and Jonathan Farrar, the two heads of the U.S. Interests Section in this capital, revealed by WikiLeaks.
Read MoreNegligence and corruption related charges were alleged to be the leading causes in the death last year of 26 patients at the main Havana Psychiatric Hospital revealed the trial that took place between January 17-22, notes the Cuban press on Monday.
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