The Cuban government will include the use of water among the economic planning indicators with the aim of encouraging the rational use of this resource in the agricultural and industrial sector and by the population, Minister of Agriculture Gustavo Rodríguez Rollero announced. The island has been affected in recent years by long droughts that have decreased its water reserves.
Read MoreThe flow of Cuban emigrants to Ecuador decreased by 33 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 as compared to the same period last year, the media in the South American country reported. According to Ecuador’s Migration Police, more than 8,000 persons from the island have decided to stay in the Andean nation since 2006.
Read MoreCuba hopes to multiply by 10 the production of monoclonal antibodies against cancer after the conclusion of the adjustment process and start up of the new plant of the Molecular Immunology Centre (CIM), located in the scientific hub west of the island’s capital, David Curbelo Rodríguez, director of the installation, announced. According to the specialist, one of the fundamental aims is to meet the demand for Nimotuzumab, which reduces advanced tumours of the brain, head and esophagus.
Read MoreYadira Garcia, 54, one of the highest ranking female cabinet members of the government of Raul Castro, was removed from her post as Minister of Basic Industries, informed the local press on Monday.
Read MoreCuban President Raúl Castro and his brother Fidel should work “so that the Revolution is not left in the air and a group of opportunists who are already (close to them) in power do not take over” the island, singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, one of the founders of the New Song Movement, said in an interview published by Brazil’s OEstado de Sao Paulo daily.
Read MorePresident Raul Castro met in Havana on Saturday with Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim who is on a working visit to Cuba. Amorim delivered a letter to Castro from Brazilian President Lula da Silva, however the contents were not made public.
Read MoreCuba’s singer/songwriter Silvio Rodriguez opened the Voices for Juarez concert on Friday in the border city plagued by violence. The concert took place at the Benito Juarez Olympic Stadium and also included the Mexican artist Lila Downs and salsero Willie Colon.
Read MoreHundreds of persons will meet today in several areas of this city’s coastline to participate in the Save Your Little Piece drive, coordinated by the Institute of Oceanology, the Centre for Marine Research and the National Aquarium. “This should be a permanent task, that commits neighbors and bathers,” said Angela Corbea, director of the Acualina environmental project.
Read MoreU.S. journalist Edward Schumacher-Matos, from The Washington Post, recommended today to the Barack Obama administration that it unilaterally lift the embargo on Cuba to avoid a new migration wave due to the economic crisis the island is going through.
Read MoreThe Cuban government will release another four political prisoners, out of the 75 detained in 2003, Orlando Márquez, spokesman of the Havana Archbishopric, announced. With this group, 36 dissidents have been released in this process.
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