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Cuba Strives to Recover Railroad
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 16 (acn) Cuba is closer to its goal of transporting more than half of the goods circulating in the country via railroad, according to recent statements by Transportation minister Cesar Arocha.


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Russian Airline Transareo Inaugurates Flight to Varadero
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 2 (acn) Coming from Russia with nearly 200 passengers, the Transareo airline flew for the first time on Saturday to the Juan Gualberto Gomez international airport of Varadero, in Matanzas, Cuba.


Spanish Hotel Chain to Expand its Presence in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 19 (acn) The Spanish Sol Melia hotel chain will open another five star hotel in Cuba as part of its expansion program in the Caribbean nation.


Cubans Use Vietnamese Cultivation Method to Boost Rice Production
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 8 (acn) The implementation of a Vietnamese rice cultivation method is yielding encouraging results in the central province of Cienfuegos.


Cuba Participates in Continental Meeting of Audit Institutions
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 5 (acn) Cuba’s Vice President and General Comptroller Gladys Bejerano will participate in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) that begins on Monday in Guatemala.


Cuba Begins to Use Straw as Alternative Fuel in Sugar Mills
CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jun 30 (acn) Cuba began to use sugarcane straw as fuel for sugar mill boilers seeking to reduce the consumption of fuel oil.


Cuba Looks to Boost Nickel Industry with Ferronickel Plant

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 28 (acn) Cuba is looking to nearly double the productive potential of its nickel industry with the building of a ferronickel plant in Moa, in the eastern province of Holguin, home to one of the largest laterite deposits of the world.


Cuba Fosters Use of Railroads for Transportation of Goods
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Jun 23 (acn) As a result of the reordering of goods transportation, railroads are now used to move 80 percent of the production of the central province of Cienfuegos, one of the most industrialized areas of the country.


Last part of Russian wheat donation Unloaded in Cuban port
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 23 (acn) The unloading of 15,000 tons of Russian wheat concluded in the early hours of this Wednesday at the docks next to the Cereal Enterprise of central Cienfuegos province.


New Cuban Farms Certified to Produce Food
CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Jun 8 (acn) The first 20 farms in the outskirts of this city that were idle, were declared ready for the production of food by the National Group of Urban and Suburban Agriculture.


Cuban province Encourages Covered Crops against Solar Radiation

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Jun 7 (acn) Farmers from the central Cuban province of Camaguey are employing the covered crop techniques in nearly 17 hectares, in order to harvest during these high temperature months some varieties of vegetables peculiar to the winter season.


Animal Feed Mill Starts Operations in Eastern Cuba
LAS TUNAS, Cuba, Jun 2 (acn) The first multipurpose plant to produce animal food available to
the Cuban province of Las Tunas, began operating in the southern municipality of Amancio,
about 90 miles southwest of this city.


Cuba and China Will Build New Hotel in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 1 (acn) Cuba and China will begin the construction of a 117-million-dollar luxury hotel in Havana later this year.


 

 

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