 Cuba
and Viet Nam Implement Program to Boost Rice Production
PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Feb 2 (acn) A Cuba-Viet Nam cooperation
program to obtain seeds and to organize and boost the production
of rice will soon be implemented in 40,000 hectares of the
Caribbean nation, including the westernmost Cuban province of
Pinar del Rio.
Santiago
de Cuba Rum to Launch new Line
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 31 (acn) The spirit firm Santiago de Cuba
announced it will roll out within the next few months a new line
of its light rums, the Extra Dark Aged, to increase its
exporting assortment.
Largest Cuban Coffee-producing Province Finishes Harvest
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 26 (acn) Farmers in eastern Santiago de Cuba
province harvested 1.6 million 28-pound cans of coffee cherries,
thus fulfilling their commitment, though they are still far from
its true potential, according to specialists.
Cuba Prioritizes Training of Idle Land Leaseholders
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) The Cuban Association of Agriculture
and Forestry Technicians (ACTAF) will start a series of training
courses for the new land leaseholders to provide them with tools to
develop a sustainable agriculture.
Cuban Tourism Grew 7.3
Percent in 2011, Says Minister
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) Cuban Minister of Tourism Manuel
Marrero announced in Madrid, Spain, that the Cuban tourist
industry grew 7.3 percent in 2011, when it received over 2.7
million visitors.
Last Year’s Tax Revenues
Increases Fourfold in Cuban Province
ARTEMISA, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) The National Tax Adminsitration
Office (ONAT) released a report showing a fourfold increase in
tax revenues in the newly created Artemisa province, compared to
the previous year.
Cuba: Number of Fixed and
Mobile Telephone Lines Increased in 18.5% in 2011
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 27 (acn) The number of fixed and mobile
telephone lines in Cuba increased in 18.5% in the year 2011,
Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Cuba and Venezuela Further
Expand Economic Ties: New Accords Signed
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 20 (acn) The Twelfth Session of the
Cuba-Venezuela Intergovernmental Commission concluded on Monday
at Havana’s Convention Center with the signing of six
cooperation agreements and the Final Act of the meeting.
Cuba:
New Record of Tourist Arrivals Set in 2011
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 16 (acn) Cuba is concluding the year 2011 with
a new record of foreign tourist arrivals, which confirms the
tourism sector as one of the main sources of hard currency
income for the economy of the Caribbean nation.
Hotel Facilities in Cuban
Province Set Ready for High Tourist Season
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 13 (acn) The central Cuban province of Villa
Clara has set ready its hotel facilities, with more than 5,000
capacities, for the present high tourist season from December
through April next year.
France Willing to Boost
Economic Relations with Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 10 (acn) France’s Secretary of State for
Foreign Trade, Pierre Lellouche, said on Friday in Havana that
the French government is willing to boost relations with Cuba in
the economic and other sectors.
Cuban Shipyard Starts Dry Dock Repairs
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 7 (acn) The Cuban Astilleros del Caribe (ASTICAR)
(Caribbean Shipyards) located in Havana Bay, undertakes major
repairs to rescue its dry dock after 25 years of operation, to
raise its capacity of up to 4,500 tonnes.
Cuban Refinery Stops Works
for Maintenance
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Dec 5 (acn) The Cuban Camilo Cienfuegos oil
refinery, located in the southern city of Cienfuegos, stopped
working to undergo its scheduled maintenance to be ready for
2012.
Cuba Boosts Buffalo Rearing,
Says Agriculture Deputy Minister
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 23 (acn) Cuban Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Jesus Garcia Piloto affirmed in Havana that Cuba is boosting
buffalo rearing as a way to increase milk and meat production.
Casa del Habano Partagas
Meetings Gain Worldwide Prestige
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 18 (acn) Businessmen, suppliers and guests
from all over the World, participating in the 21st Meeting of
Clients and Friends of the Casa del Habano Partagas, underway in
Havana, affirmed that this event is increasingly gaining
prestige.
Cuba
Undertakes Actions to Face Effects of Meteorological Phenomena
SANTA CLARA,
Cuba, Nov 10 (acn) The Cuban Research Center on Tropical Tubers
is developing clones of cassava, papaya, and banana short
varieties (maximum height around one meter) to reduce the
negative effects of meteorological phenomena such as hurricanes.
Iron and Steel Industry Innovators Keep
Technological Flow Active
HAVANA,
Cuba (acn) The outstanding work of innovators like
Orestes Martinez Gonzalez keeps technological flow
active in the Jose Marti Iron and Steel Company
(Antillana de Acero), in Havana, regardless of the
antiquity of many of its equipments.
Cuban Health System to
Benefit from 21st Meeting of Casa del Habano Partagas
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 8 (acn) The 21st Meeting of Clients and Friends of the Casa
del Habano Partagas, scheduled for November 14 through 18, in
Havana, will have among other goals to contribute part of its
profits to the Cuban health system.
Cuba
to Increase Oil Refining Capacity
HAVANA, Cuba,
Nov 3 (acn) Cuba and Venezuela are currently implementing
projects to increase the Caribbean island’s oil refining
capacity from
100,000 barrels per day to more than 350,000 with the expansion
of the refineries of Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba, as well as
the creation of
a new one in Matanzas.
Cuba Strives to
Recover Coffee Output
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Coffee
growers in Guantanamo’s municipality of Maisi, in
the eastern tip of the island, are striving to
recover hundreds of hectares of unproductive coffee
fields, according to Granma.
Cuban Province
Runs Field Trials for Delta Windmill
CAMAGUEY, Cuba
(acn) The Cuban province of Camaguey began to run
field trials of the first Delta windmill prototype
built in Cuba for pumping water, in an area for the
harvest of several crops in the outskirts of the
city.
Cuban Sugar Cane
Investments Target Seed Production
CAMAGUEY, Cuba
(acn) Investments in the sugar cane sector in the
province of Camaguey have made it possible to ensure
irrigation on sugar cane seed plantations for the
sowing season.
Cuba:
Over 13,000 Farmers Have Received Bank Credits
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 11 (acn) The president of Cuba’s Banco de
Credito y Comercio (BANDEC), Ileana Estevez, told the press that
Cuba has extended credits to more than 13,000 people who
benefited from a national program to lease idle lands in order
to boost agricultural production nationwide.
Cuban Ministry of Tourism Reduces Staff for Rationality and
Efficiency
MATANZAS, Cuba, Jul 7 (acn) The Cuban Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR)
is reducing its staff in the western province of Matanzas on the
bases of rationality, taking into account its needs for every
season, in the search for more efficiency.
Cuban Province Promotes Creation
of Certified Coffee Seedbanks
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jul 6 (acn) Cuban professionals from the
Experimental Coffee Station (EEC), in the central province of Villa
Clara, are promoting the creation of certified coffee seed banks, as
part of a program for the recovery of this crop.
Cuban Vice
President Calls for Anticipating Needs of Mariel Port
HAVANA,
Cuba, Jul 5 (acn) The First Vice President of Cuba, Jose Ramon
Machado Ventura, made a call today for anticipating the needs of the
Mariel port, which, once operational, will be the largest container
port in the Caribbean.
New Agricultural Machines Tried
Out in Cuban Fields
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 5 (acn) Modern machineries for the preparation
of soils, like ploughs and harrows, and others, are being tried
out in the Cuban countryside, as a result of a program of
technological revitalization in the sector.
Works for 500 Years
Anniversary of Village of Baracoa Boosted
BARACOA, Cuba, Jun 29 (acn) Investments, on the occasion of the
500th anniversary of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion de Braracoa,
are being boosted as there are only 47 days left for the
celebrations of the foundation of the first village in Cuba, on
August 15.
Cuba
Dobles Purchasing Price to Sugar Cane Growers Seeking Greater
Outputs
HAVANA,Cuba, Jun 29 (acn) The Cuban government dobled the purchasing
price per ton of sugar cane aiming to attract farmers to develop
this crop to boost its production in the country, according to Sugar
deputy Minister Nelson Labrada.
Cuban
Province Increases Charcoal Exports
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 22 (acn) A Forest Company in the central Cuban
province of Villa Clara has exported more than 280 tons of charcoal
since January this year, as part of an annual export plan of over
500 tons.
National Workshop in Cuba to Debate on Benefits of Zeolite for
Agriculture
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Jun 22 (acn) Cuban experts will participate,
from July 6 to 8, in a national workshop on the benefits of the
use of zeolite in agriculture and livestock as for the reduction
of pigs’ mortality rate.
Cuba
Participates in Beijing International Tourism Expo 2011
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 17 (acn) Cuba is represented by a varied offer of
products and services at the Beijing International Tourism Expo 2011
that began on Friday and runs through Sunday at the China National
Convention Center in the Chinese capital with the participation of
representatives from nearly 80 countries.
Cuba Looks to Boost Rice Production with Vietnamese Support
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 15 (acn) Cuba is expected to boost rice production
through a cooperation project with Vietnam that includes
advisory and training services and technology transfer.
Mayoress
of Mexican City of Merida Meets with Cuban Businesspeople
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 15 (acn) The mayoress of the Mexican city of
Merida, Angelica Araujo Lara, met with a group of visiting Cuban
entrepreneurs on Tuesday and expressed the interest of her
government in strengthening ties with Cuba.
Cuba Saves
Over 16,000 tons of Oil By Mid 2011
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 8 (acn) The Office for the Rational Use of Energy
announced that a total of 35,383 megawatts/hour were saved in the
country from January to May, meaning a decrease by 16,088 tons of
oil consumption.
Cuba to Host International Congress on Renewable Energies
HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (acn) The Seventh International Congress on
Renewable Energy, Energy Saving and Education, CIER 2011, will
take place in Havana next month to deal with topics such as the
use wind energy and other renewable sources in Cuba.
Industry
Process Entire Tomato Output in Central Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, May 30 (acn) The canning industry of central Villa
Clara province processed 7,000 metric tons of tomato sent by farmers
thus avoiding losses like those of previous years.
Cuban and Vietnamese Experts Discuss Food Security Issues
HAVANA, Cuba, May 25 (acn) Cuban and Vietnamese experts met on
Wednesday to discuss challenges of agricultural development and
sustainable food security.
Industrialized Countries Agree to End Speculative Game
Despite the
initial intentions of setting an upper limit to the prices of raw
materials, participants in the most recent workshop of the so-called
Group of 20 (G-20) finally agreed to regulate speculative excesses,
especially in the food market.
Cuba to Host Int’l Conference on
Rice
HAVANA, Cuba, May
25 (acn) Genetic improvement and technology transference will be
some of the topics to be discussed during the Fifth International
Conference on Rice, scheduled for June 7-10 at Havana’s Convention
Center.
European Tour-Operator TUI
Travel Grants Gold Choice Award to Cuba’s Paradisus Rio de Oro Hotel
HAVANA, Cuba, May 20 (acn) For the fourth consecutive year, the
Cuban hotel Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort and Spa has been awarded the
“Gold Choice” award by TUI Travel PLC, the world’s leading
international leisure travel group operating in 180 countries across
the globe.
Cuba: ALBA Collaboration
Projects Revive Gold Productions
HAVANA, Cuba, May 19
(acn) Several collaboration projects with the Bolivarian
Alliance of the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) are expected to
favor gold production in Cuba within the next three years.
Cuba to
Host Regional Conference on the Use of Bamboo
SANTA CLARA, Cuba,
May 13 (acn) A new technology for the construction of
agricultural and livestock facilities will be one of the latest
advances to be discussed by national and foreign participants in
the First Regional Conference on Bamboo, scheduled for May 17-19
in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara.
Cuba and China for Development of Biotechnological Cooperation
HAVANA, Cuba, May
13 (acn) The Cuban ambassador to Beijing, Carlos Miguel
Pereira, highlighted this week the great importance that Cuba gives
to its relations with the Chinese province of Hubei, where the High
Technology Zone of Donghu is located.
Germany’s Lower Saxony Interested in Agricultural Cooperation with
Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, May
11 (acn) Gert Lindemann, Minister of Agriculture, Food,
Consumers’ Protection and Regional Development of Lower Saxony, the
second largest German federal state, met on Tuesday with the Cuban
ambassador to Berlin, Raul Becerra.
Cuba Fosters Export of Goods and Services to South Africa
HAVANA, Cuba, May 10 (acn) Cuba is boosting the export of vaccines,
pharmaceutical products, and health care services to South Africa,
said on Monday the head of International Relations of the Cuban
Chamber of Commerce, Celia Labora.
Cuba:
Third Tourist Destination in the Caribbean
HAVANA, Cuba, May 7 (acn) Cuba is the third most important
tourist destination in the Caribbean, said the Cuban Minister of
Tourism, Manuel Marrero, during a working session of the 31st
International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2011 that concluded on
Saturday at Havana’s Morro-Cabaña Fortress Complex.
Mexico Happy for Being Guest
of Honor in Cuban Fair, says Tourism Minister
HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) The Minister of Tourism of Mexico,
Gloria Guevara, said in a news conference at the Cuban Hotel
Nacional, that her Government is very grateful for being the
guest of honor of the 31st International Tourism Fair (FIT Cuba
2011), in which over 30 nations are participating.
Cuba
Optimistic about Boosting Export of Forest Resources
HAVANA, Cuba (acn) Cuba has a potential to increase export of
forest resources, assured Cuban deputy agriculture minister
Ramon Frometa at the opening of the 5th Forestry Meeting in
Havana.
TripAdvisor Considers Paradisus Rio de Oro Best Cuban Hotel
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr
14 (acn) Eastern Holguin province’s Paradisus Río de Oro Resort &
Spa is, according to the world's largest travel site,TripAdvisor,
the best place to stay in Cuba.
Cuba
Received One Millionth Tourist
Earlier this Year
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 11 (acn) Cuba rolled out the welcome mat to
receive its one millionth tourist Sunday, 13 days earlier this year
as compared with 2010.
Up to the present,
the country has seen a 10.4 % growth on tourist arrivals as compared
with 2010, says a press release by the Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR).
Cuban
Sugar Mill Produces 25,000 Tons without Spending Fuel Oil
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Apr 11 (acn) The sugar refinery mill Argentina, in
the province of Camaguey, produced 25,000 tons of refined sugar
without consuming fuel oil in energy generation and meeting the plan
for this year. Located outside the municipality of Florida, the
mill used biomass instead of oil as fuel for the furnaces, advisor
for the sugar business group (Grupo Empresarial Azucarero) Camagüey,
Sergio Monteagudo told ACN.
Cuban
Capital Works for Lessening Effects of Recent Draughts
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 4 (acn) Havana , the province most negatively
affected by the present draught in Cuba , is making investments and
adopting steps to lessen the effects of this phenomenon and to
eliminate water leaks.
Cuba Looking to Expand Charcoal Export
CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Apr 4 (acn) In an effort to recover exportable
products in Cuba, the Provincial Citrus Enterprise of Ciego de Avila
is expanding the export of top-quality charcoal to Europe.
Cuba to
Expand Coffee-Growing Areas
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 23 (acn) In an effort to stop the low production
trend of the past few years, the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture has
agreed to expand coffee plantations by nearly 17,791 acres.
Cuba-Venezuela
Intergovernmental Commission Underway in Caracas
HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 21 (acn) The Eleventh Cuba-Venezuela
Intergovernmental Commission is underway in Caracas with
representatives from 23 Cuban and 24 Venezuelan ministries who
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