Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:42:12 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, October 10.— The Tobacco Business Group of Cuba (Tabacuba) signed contracts with producers for the planting of more than 29 thousand hectares and the collection of some 32 thousand tons of tobacco leaves in the 2017-2018 harvest that began this Tuesday.
Fidel Sánchez Triana, vice president Tabacuba, said in the ceremony that marked the beginning of the harvest that 18,680 producers, their families and other forces linked to such labors are ready.
He pointed out that of the total plantations planned to harvest, 2,826 ha correspond to cover crops to obtain the wraps that give Cuban cigars their unique texture
According to Sánchez Triana, the main resources for the tobacco campaign are guaranteed and they are working hard on the areas affected recently by Hurricane Irma
He also reported that in the 2016-2017 harvest, 28,570 ha were planted and 30,755 tons of leaves were collected, representing 103 percent of what was planned, with a yield of more than 1.10 t per hectare.
The vice president of Tabacuba said that although the results are positive, the demand for handmade cigars for export is much higher; for that reason the companies of collection and benefit of the Island carry out an arduous task to process all that matter reserved for the manufacture of tobaccos and cigarettes destined to the Cuban and foreign market.
Tabacuba is made up of 40 state-owned companies, the Sociedad Mercantil Tabagest S.A., which represents the mixed companies Habanos SA, Internacional Cubana de Tabaco S.A. and Brascuba Cigarrillos S.A., and a Research Institute.
In addition, the Group directs the tobacco industry in the different stages of its chain, consisting of production to agriculture, industry, marketing, logistics and development.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:40:15 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 11 (acn) The 11th Cuban Congress on Anesthesiology, Revival and Pain entitled "Cubaestesia 2017" to be held in Havana with discussions on the implication of anesthesia techniques in senior citizens, obese and critical patients when they require surgery with certain complications.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:39:28 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 12 (ACN) Personalities and former students from Ethiopia, Namibia, Ghana and Nicaragua praised the internationalist education program launched on Isle of Youth 40 years ago on the initiative of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro.
The commemorative event, held at the Memorial El Pinero Square, was used to review the initial phase of the project at the end of 1977, when the first youngsters from Mozambique arrived in the special municipality, to later reach at the same time more than 35 thousand students of 33 nationalities from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Internationalist education for its role in the development of human capacity under the Marti philosophy of "being educated to be free" is the dream fulfilled by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro, said Jerobean Shaanika, ambassador of the Republic of Namibia to Cuba.
Let me pay tribute to the historic leader of the Revolution of this country, the youngest of the planet, but who wrote glorious pages helping us to break the chains of oppression in Africa and replaced it with human chains of solidarity, said the diplomat.
Edgar Zapata - one of the more than 25,000 Nicaraguans who studied there since 1979 - and Clifford Segborwotso of the Republic of Ghana thanked, on behalf of their respective compatriots, the idea of this social project that liberated them from ignorance and he provided them with a profession.
Representatives of Ethiopia, Namibia, Ghana and Nicaragua raised their voices during the act against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba since the beginning of the 1960s.
Presiding the celebration were Ernesto Reinoso, first secretary of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in the Island of the Youth; Arelys Casañola, president of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, and José Prieto, Africa director of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:37:03 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 12 (ACN) More than 3,400 people with visual disabilities in Cuba hold a job, it was reported at two national events on employment and accessibility, respectively, underway in the southern Cuban city of Cienfuegos.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:36:26 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, October 12.— Cuba called on the United Nations on Thursday to make a real commitment to the goal of eradicating poverty on the planet, a phenomenon that plagues hundreds of millions of human beings, Prensa Latina reported.
During the Second Committee of the General Assembly, Cuban diplomat Juan Miguel González warned that this objective will remain a chimera under the current international economic order, which he described as deeply unjust and unsustainable.
He also questioned the multi-million dollar military expenditures, which could be used to advance the peoples, and increased protectionist practices in trade by the powerful, and their failure to pledge official development assistance.
How can we achieve in this scenario the commitment to leave no one behind and finally eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions?, he asked in the continuation of the debate of the Second Committee, which deals with economic and financial matters.
According to González, only solidarity and cooperation can change the course of a world where more than 80 percent of the population survives on less than a dollar a day, almost one billion people deal with extreme poverty, 815 million suffer from chronic hunger and a similar number cannot read or write.
The Cuban official reaffirmed Cuba's commitment to keep its aid to other peoples of the South, within its possibilities and despite the validity of the blockade that has imposed the United States over the island-nation for over 55 years.
Aboga Cuba en la ONU por erradicar la pobreza a nivel global
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:30:16 pm.
LAS TUNAS, Cuba, Aug 7 (acn) Cristino Marquez Reyes, one of the most prestigious musicians in the province of Las Tunas passed away on Monday in the eastern city where his work and contribution to culture and to the new generation were recognized.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:27:12 pm.
Havana, Cuba, Jul 31 (ACN) Cuban singer Omara Portuondo will be granted with the 55th Anniversary Commemorative Medal of the Young Communist League (UJC) on August 13th during activities leading to the Festival of Youth and Students in Havana.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:26:17 pm.
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, October 12.— The 1st International Convention of the Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas scheduled from October 23rd to the 27th will include the defense of a sustainable development for the world ratified in each action of the higher education institution.
Member of the organizing committee, Ernesto Alvarez Gil expressed on Thursday during a press conference that the event aims at gathering in one single event several scientific sectors and knowhow.
The event, to be held at the Hotel Melia Marina Varadero will include issues like electric engineering, construction, sociology, psychology, services and the business system in addition to the academic sector both Cuban and foreign.
According to Alvarez Gil, over 800 participants from some 17 countries have confirmed their assistance to the event, among them Japan, Colombia, Germany, France, South Korea, US, Poland, Chile, Belgium and Mexico.
The program also includes master conferences centered in the National Association of Economists and Accountants and the Ministries of Tourism and Higher Education, among others.
The event will also allow the signing of agreements and the preparation of scientific cooperation projects between the University of Las Villas and other counterparts.
Among its main strengths, said the specialist, is the chance to show the world the achievements of the country´s science sector.
Founded on November 30th, 1952, the University of Las Villas will celebrate its 65th anniversary with pride with among the largest multidisciplinary characteristics in the country turning the center as a reference center on the island as well as its scientific-technical field.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:24:18 pm.
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 15 (ACN) The Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) will tomorrow award the Corresponding Member distinction to the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003, the American biologist and university professor Peter Courtland Agre.
Monday 16 October 2017 | 06:23:25 pm.
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, October 13.— Japanese representatives condemned on Friday in Camaguey the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
Viaje Mesa Redonda is the name of the Japanese delegation that is part of the Tenemos Memoria (We have Memories) activities which includes Solidarity vs. Blockade organized by the Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP.
The condemnation of the US aggression unites many of the solidarity groups that visit the Caribbean island and with time will become another nation in which ICAP will welcome each year.
During their stay in Camaguey, the Japanese representatives exchanged with students from the Alvaro Morell High School discussed issues related to the genocidal policy, reported cadenagramonte.cu website.
The President of the group, Reiko Kato, said that they are proud to personally experience the reality of the Cuban people.
The Japanese visitors informed the members of a community in Camaguey about their experiences on the group’s over ten-year work disseminating the reality of the Cuban people and the number of obstacles of the blockade on the island, reported Adelante newspaper in its digital version.
As part of their tour through the country, which will end on October 17th, the Japanese delegation traveled to Bayamo in Granma province after having visited Havana, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad.
The group, made up by members of different Japanese solidarity organizations, is scheduled to visit the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba to pay tribute to the leader of the Revolution Fidel Castro and later will visit Holguin.
