Havana’s “La Fuerza”
First a military fortress and today a museum, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza is one of the Cuban capital’s emblematic sites.
First a military fortress and today a museum, the Castillo de la Real Fuerza is one of the Cuban capital’s emblematic sites.
The approved agreement aims to “guarantee a quality judicial service, focused on meeting the expectations of users and other interested parties, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic and other regulatory provisions,” according to official publications.
The results of research carried out by the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine in those vaccinated with Cuban drugs show high percentages of seroconversion against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which, according to the sequencing of samples from infected patients, is the predominant strain on the island today.
Sources from the delegation of the Ministry of Tourism in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Ávila explained that, after starting the high tourist season, the Cayo Coco International Airport received some 27 weekly flights, a figure that has increased to more than 35 during the current month of January.
The general coordinator of the Progressive International, the American David Adler, affirmed that Cuba is an “example that must be replicated” in confronting the infectious disease on the planet and, in particular, in countries of the South, which have a low vaccination coverage.
Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, MINREX general director of consular affairs and attention to Cubans residing abroad, reported that a group of measures adopted since 2020 due to the pandemic remain in force, and explained that participation from outside Cuba in the popular consultation on the new Family Code may be done “through an interface enabled on The Nation and Emigration website”
The family, the school and the media are essential to achieve an education that promotes critical thinking and freedom of choice.
“The Tarea Vida is not just another law, it is a new development paradigm,” says the producer of the documentary that shows the long-term strategy designed by Cuba to combat climate change on the planet.
The two computer programs developed by the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI) and the Enterprise for the Development of Applications, Technologies and DATYS Systems, have already been tested with “satisfactory results” in pilot tests. For next January 27 and 28, a dynamic test of the consultation is planned.
The drafts of the future Food Sovereignty and Security and Personal Data Protection laws will be presented to the National Assembly of People’s Power for analysis and discussion, before being endorsed.
The proposal includes, among other aspects, the aim of increasing the real estate sphere associated with golf courses and marinas, and the possibilities that exist in this sense in several provinces such as Cienfuegos, Artemisa, Pinar del Río and Holguín.
Although far from the sea, this is perhaps the most Havanan of all the squares. Because of its atmosphere and its people, its history and its contemporaneity.
The population will thus have access to the document to carry out a consultation process prior to its possible final approval, as stipulated by the Cuban Constitution.
The MINSAP announced the new measures, which “will allow a rational use of diagnostic tests, guarantee preventive and therapeutic drugs and redefine the criteria for admission to the healthcare network.”
Among the contents of the Code that have aroused controversy, including conflicting positions, is that of the substitution of the institution of custody for that of parental responsibility.
The epidemiological situation, the economy, the recognition of the Cuban vaccines by the WHO, the new Family Code, and the articulation of civil society are issues for the island to follow in the coming months.
The El Fraile reserve is located to the east of the western town of Santa Cruz del Norte and its exploitation allowed the Cuba-Petroleum Union to fulfill its production plan for 2021.
Most relevant facts and circumstances that took place during the year.
After such a disastrous 2021 around the world and, in particular in Cuba, it was not surprising that many wanted to set it on fire on its last day.
In its number 151, of December 29, 2021, the Gaceta Oficial lists the authorities empowered to face violations, apply the provisions and resolve the appeals filed against the measures taken in compliance with animal welfare.
A significant number of flights between Miami and Havana scheduled by the charter agency AeroCuba with the airline Swift Air for the remainder of 2021 and the first week of 2022 were canceled and rescheduled
After the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020 on the island, the year that is ending leaves behind an even greater halo of pain and death, although mass vaccination has led to a visible improvement after a severe pandemic peak.
In the midst of the scarcity and high cost of pork in Cuba, where a pound of the appreciated food has even exceeded 200 pesos — more than 8 dollars, at the official exchange rate —, two Havana entrepreneurs are working on the creation of a MSME for the breeding of what is considered by many to be the island’s national mammal. Up to there, the news does not seem at all extraordinary, beyond its socioeconomic context, which it is. However, in addition to its — undoubtedly — appreciated objective, the project has attracted the attention of Cuban specialists and authorities for its community conception and, above all, for the setting in which it plans to take place: the typical Havana rooftops. Azocerdo is the name of the alleged MSME, whose file is already in the hands of the island’s Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) and is currently in the evaluation phase for authorization, according to OnCuba. Its two main partners, the brothers Pedro and Cecilio Mantecón, with previous experience in the business of breeding and marketing Cuban pigs and their derivatives, claim to feel “optimistic” with an imminent approval of their enterprise and everything that could result from...
Saint Vincent is the first country in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to authorize the use of the Cuban drug, which joins BionTech-Pfizer, Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sputnik V and Sputnik Light, the other vaccines available in that nation.
The World Voyager, with 84 German tourists on board, docked in the bay of the southern Cuban province. After a stay of just over a day, the ship will visit Cayo Largo del Sur, María La Gorda and will anchor in Havana on the last day of the year.
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