A few of the communities located in the Viñales National Park, an area of Cuba officially designated as a “world heritage site,” will be illuminated beginning in 2013 with photovoltaic panels supplied as part of a United Nations-sponsored project.
Read MoreChing-Kuo Wu, the president of the International Boxing Association, will visit Cuba in January, according to an announcement this week from the federation of that sport here on the island.
Read MoreAfter a year’s absence from the list, and now with one jailed independent reporter, Cuba was re-added to the report on journalists imprisoned worldwide. This list has been generated annually since 1990 by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), headquartered in New York, reported EFE.
Read MoreAs part of an effort to strengthen regional customs enforcement, the Argentina customs agency has donated to Cuba a detection dog trained in fighting drug trafficking and smuggling.
Read MoreCuba is ending 2012 with a favorable trade balance and a steady growth in its high value-added export services, said deputy minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Oscar Perez Oliva, when speaking before the Cuban parliament.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to recover from his last cancer surgery satisfactorily, informed the Minister of Communication, Ernesto Villegas on Thursday.
Read MoreThe issue of racism on the island was approached critically during the National Assembly’s Commission on Education, Culture, Science and Technology – a session that was held on Wednesday at the Havana Convention Center.
Read MoreA statue of Confucius was unveiled on Wednesday at Shanghai Park in Havana’s Chinatown in the presence of Tong Yun Kai, the president of the world academy named after the Asian philosopher.
Read MoreThe new cooperatives (about 230 in the first phase) will not operate under the control of state enterprises and the prices of their products and services will be determined by market forces.
Read MoreNew studies and projects are underway in Cuba to promote the “social use” of the Internet and to reduce the costs of mobile phone services, said the Minister of Informatics and Communications, Maimir Mesa.
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