Cuban jurists stated their support for the promulgation of a gender law, which typifies domestic violence, the director of Training and Development of the People’s Supreme Court, Rufina Hernández Rodríguez, announced. According to Hernández, the persistence of the phenomenon “is partly due to the many roles women still carry out, the double work load: the professional and that of the home.”
Read MoreCardinal Jaime Ortega said a mass for Christmas in Cuba’s principal prison, the Combinado del Este, on the outskirts of the island’s capital, reported IPS. The ceremony was considered a sign of hope by the Ladies in White, who are still waiting for the release of 11 dissidents arrested in 2003.
Read MoreA new group of 60 Cuban doctors and support personnel arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday to reinforce the Cuban medical brigade fighting the cholera epidemic in the neighboring Caribbean nation.
Read MoreThe Cuban-Venezuelan Cuvenpetrol joint venture will carry out modernization and expansion works in 2011 on the refinery in Cienfuegos, 250 km east of the Cuban capital, affirmed Ramón Curapiaca, the Venezuelan representative in that industry, which hopes to increase its processing capacity from 65,000 to 150,000 barrels a day of crude. The new works will make it possible to produce diesel with low sulphur content, improving the reliability of the electric power system and advancing in the construction of the liquefied gas factory.
Read MoreSpain’s Sol Meliá hotel company inaugurated the Meliá Buenavista Hotel, a deluxe installation with Royal Service, in Cayo Santa María, on the northern coast of Cuba, Gabriel García, marketing director of the Cuba Division, announced. That company manages 21 per cent of all the rooms built on the island and in two decades of operations has contributed 3.664 billion dollars to the country.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and The Ukraine hope to strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas such as medicine, industry and tourism, the media reported after the meeting in Havana between the respective foreign ministers, Bruno Rodríguez and Konstantin Grishenko, According to the Ukrainian official, in 2010 there was a significant increase in commercial exchange, which last year was 23.5 million dollars.
Read MoreMaximum high temperatures are expected to fluctuate between 19° and 24°C (66° and 75° F), while the low temperatures will be between 13° and 17°C (55° and 63° F).
Read MoreThe Court of Crimes against State Security of the City of Havana People’s Provincial Court sentenced Salvadoran terrorist Francisco Chávez Abarca to 30 years in prison for carrying out and organizing bomb attacks against tourist installations in Cuba during the 1990s.
Read MoreThe Cuban capital will build in 2011 a third crematorium to respond to the growing demand of persons who prefer that method for their mortal remains, Lorenzo Cruz, deputy director of cemetery services of the Provincial Budgeted Unit of Cemetery Services, announced. According to Cruz, this year more than 6,000 persons requested that service, as compared to barely 50 when it was inaugurated in 2006.
Read MoreNational tourism became the second source of visitors for Varadero beach resort, 120 kilometers east of the Cuban capital, reported industry sources. In 2010 the arrival of Cuban tourists to the peninsula grew by nine per cent. Every year Varadero receives more than a million vacationers, led by Canadians.
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