Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Miguel Angel Moratinos will travel to Cuba next Monday to back the current dialogue between the Catholic Church and the island’s government regarding the situation of political prisoners. Moratinos reiterated Madrid’s interest in maintaining the dialogue with the Cuban authorities.
Read MoreIf it passes, the bill, entitled “The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act”, would go the Senate where pro-embargo forces — mainly Republicans, but also a handful of anti-Castro Democrats — are in the minority but can resort to a number of procedural moves that could delay or even prevent a vote from taking place.
Read MoreCuba’s National Scientific Research Centre (CNIC) is developing a vaccine against whooping cough and another against cholera, affirmed Rafael Fando, director of biotechnology of that institution, when speaking at the 10th CNIC 2010 International Scientific Congress being held in the island’s capital.
Read MoreThe non-governmental National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) hopes to incorporate 100,000 women linked to agricultural production, said Rilma Román, president of the association in the Cuban capital.
“We have received training on gender subjects, which has allowed us to be better prepared to understand the lack of understanding of men and also of some women, to overcome machismo and at times the fear of participating,” affirmed Román.
Read MoreCuba’s minister of light industry, Jose Hernandez Bernardez, has been removed from his post announced the local press on Wednesday. No reason was given for the replacement of the official by deputy minister of internal commerce, Damar Maceo Cruz.
Read MoreThe arrival of summer has led to an increase in power consumption and the noncompliance of the saving plan established by the Cuban government, announced Tatiana Amarán Bogachova, director of the National Electricity Union’s department of rational use of energy. According to the official, since late May the country has exceeded the plan by more than 3,000 tons of oil.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and Syria signed several cooperation agreements as part of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s visit to the island, where he met yesterday with his counterpart Raul Castro. The two countries leaders signed documents on the struggle against drug trafficking and in the area of agriculture and communications.
Read MoreThe first International Convention on Tourism Studies will be held at the Havana Convention Center on July 12-16, announced Ramon Martin, dean of the Faculty of Tourism of the University of Havana. The meeting will discuss papers on tourism related to events, incentive trips, organization and management, marketing and technological innovation.
Read MoreCuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas’ health worsened after 125 days of a hunger strike due to an infection and the possible presence of a blood clog that could affect some vital organ, said Alicia Hernández, the dissident’s mother. Fariñas is demanding the release of some 20 sick political prisoners.
Read MoreA Cuban-Venezuelan joint venture began the construction of a nickeliferous plant, a fundamental component of stainless steel, valued at 700 million dollars. The plant, which will be built in three years in Moa, in the island’s eastern region, will have a capacity of 68,000 tons a year.
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