The energy transition as a strategy for progress in electricity generation and other fields in Cuba was a major topic for discussion at the XI Convention and Exhibition of Earth Sciences “GEOCIENCIAS 2025”.
Cuban project mitigates soil degradation
A recent study by the Science and Technical Base Unit (UCTB) Suelos Guantanamo in the easternmost province of the same name, identified that salinization is the main soil degrading process in the productive pole of Paraguay, an environmental problem that deteriorates worldwide the quality and yield of crops.
11th Convention and Exposition on Earth Sciences kicks off today in Havana
The 11th Convention and Exposition of Earth Sciences (Geosciences 2025) opens today at the Havana Convention Center with important topics to be dealt with on the sustainable exploitation of resources.
Cuba holds ceremony for Fisheries Workers' Day
After becoming in 2024 the most comprehensive entity of its kind in Cuba due to its productive technical results and efficiency in the fish farming campaign, the Sancti Spiritus Fishing Enterprise (Pescaspir), based in this central city, will host today the national event for the Workers' Day of the sector, a date celebrated every April 8.
Cuba maintains its zero-tolerance drug policy
A police operation at the La Lima farm, located in Campo Florido, Habana del Este municipality, in the eastern region of Havana, led to the discovery of 16 marijuana plants, along with a jar with seeds and a significant amount of cash, allegedly linked to drug trafficking.
Cuban Leader Raul Castro Pays Homage to Cuba Heroine
Cuban Revolution leader, former president army general Raul Castro paid homage to Cuban heroine Vilma Espin, his wife and companion in the revolutionary struggle and life, on the 95th anniversary of her birthday.
Cuban congress to promote technological development in construction
The 12th Congress of Scientific-Technical Information and Informatics in Construction (Cicons' 25), to be held May 21-23, will address strategic issues such as communication and digitization in the Cuban context.
The April 9 Strike brought the definitive triumph closer
Wednesday, April 9, 1958 dawned as a sunny and apparently calm day in much of the country, but at 11:00 a.m. the calm was interrupted by an address transmitted over the radio waves, through which the announcer with an excited voice exhorted:
April, indications on the danger of forest fires
The Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC by its Spanish acronym) transmitted precise indications for April due to the fact that, historically, it has reported, like March, the highest occurrence of forest fires (111) on average in the last 10 years and of them (3) classified in the categories of large and very large.
Cuba remembers outstanding heroine Vilma Espin
The Cuban people honored today the heroine Vilma Espin Guillois on the 95th anniversary of her birth with the memory of the revolutionary work and the work she did for women in the country.
Moscow Mayor confirms Moskvich cab service in Cuba
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobianin confirmed that Russia and Cuba are studying the creation of a Moskvich-branded cab service in two cities of the Caribbean nation.
Cuban FM condemns document based on US blockade of Cuba
Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban foreign minister, described as infamous the text that laid the foundations of the US economic blockade on the island, on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.
Russia launches first Russian-made vehicle assembled in Cuba
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko led the launching ceremony of the first Russian-made vehicle assembled in Cuba, a milestone that marks the strengthening of industrial ties between the two countries.
Cuba opens new solar park in central region of the country
The Cruce de la Trocha photovoltaic solar park (psfv by its Spanish acronym), the first in the central province of Ciego de Avila with a 21.87 megawatt (MW) capacity, was opened in the presence of the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez, Cuban deputy prime minister, and Vicente de la O Levy, minister of energy and mines.
Havana to host Convention on Earth Sciences
The 11th Earth Sciences Convention will be opened this Tuesday at the Havana Convention Center, with the presence of delegates from several countries, according to its organizers.
Cuban President declared official mourning
It is with deep regret that our people have learned of the passing of comrade Khamtay Siphandone, former Secretary General of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and former President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.