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Farmers work in a sugar cane crop, on April 29, 2021 in Madruga, Mayabeque (Cuba). Photo: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EFE/Archive.

UN adopts Cuban resolution on circular economy in sugar cane

The draft resolution presented by Cuba on the application of the circular economy in sugar cane was adopted this Friday by the United Nations Environment Assembly. Under the title “Circularity of a resilient and low-carbon sugarcane agroindustry,” the document, co-sponsored by Brazil, addresses the loss of biodiversity, soil degradation and pollution, as well as a source of food, raw materials, biomaterials and bioenergy, Prensa Latina (PL) reported. https://twitter.com/citmacuba/status/1763578954303017405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1763578954303017405%7Ctwgr%5E91eee293cc2f0982a120cb5c193a3a0c1c3be87f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fonu-adopta-resolucion-de-cuba-sobre-economia-circular-en-la-cana-de-azucar%2F This is the first time in history that Cuba has presented a draft resolution before the United Nations Environment Assembly. With this step, the island invites member States with sugarcane agroindustries to integrate circular economy approaches into their respective national strategies. Likewise, adds PL, it calls for exploring and developing partnership initiatives, in cooperation with the private sector and other actors, focused on supporting the implementation of these actions. The approval of the Cuban resolution is considered one of the most important milestones achieved at the international level in the area of competence of the organization. To try to revive the island’s depressed sugar industry, Cuba and Ethiopia agreed at the beginning of this year to collaborate in development, research, production and technical assistance in that sector. The agreement seeks to improve...

U.S. pianist Aaron Goldberg, among Jazz Plaza 2024’s guests. Photo: richterkoeln.de/Archive

Aaron Goldberg on Cuba-U.S. exchanges: “Learning and exploring our common language together”

One of the figures of jazz piano on the U.S. scene, Aaron Goldberg, joined the calls for greater exchange between Cuba and the United States, at a time when the thaw does not seem to appear on the horizon. The objective of such bridges would be “to learn and explore our common language together,” said the instrumentalist originally from Boston in an interview with the Prensa Latina (PL) news agency in Havana. Goldberg is one of the stars invited to the 39th edition of the Jazz Plaza Festival, where he left a testimony of his talent with a brilliant concert this Tuesday at the Sala Avellaneda of the National Theater. There he was escorted by two luminaries of Cuban music: bassist Jorge Reyes and percussionist Oliver Valdés. Cuba in Goldberg Collaborator with stellar musicians such as Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Guillermo Klein, the U.S. pianist is not unknown in the island’s gray jazz scene. “Especially in jazz, artists from both countries learned from each other. Therefore, we have to protect and expand this connection. I had a lot of fun last year, it was my second time coming to the island. The first was in 2006,” commented Goldberg....

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