The 16 Senior Citizens Homes in Ciego de Avila province were remodeled during the past year and are already certified meaning that their optimum construction conditions are ready to begin applying a rate implemented since 2014.

Stability and discipline in the work of urban and suburban agriculture of Villa Clara is to finish its first trimester of this year with a production of 40 thousand tons of food.

The Ministry of Higher Education (MES) and specialized institutions in the field signed on Friday in Havana three agreements aimed at promoting the apprenticeship of Cuban history and the improvement of programs of the subject taught in the universities.

The Cuban Geology Society (SCG) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) signed a cooperation agreement on Friday in Havana.

Cuba's Deputy Health Minister Marcia Cobas recognized on Friday in Holguin the achievements in savings and efficient management of resources in the eastern territory.

For the next school term, on an experimental basis, the third improvement of the education system will be implemented in 154 schools in the country, representatives of the Ministry of Education (MINED) reported today in this capital.

Cuban President Raul Castro and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro participated on Monday in Havana in a cultural-political solidarity activity with the people of the South American nation.

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-ALBA-TCP, meeting today at its XV Political Council, ratified in this capital its unity, commitment and solidarity with Venezuela.

With a symbolic landing, young people from Guantanamo will re-create the arrival in Cuba of National Hero José Martí and Generalissimo Máximo Gómez 122 years ago to join the Necessary War, which began on the island on February 24,1895.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called for unity and solidarity in the face of the rapid development of recent events in the region and threats to peace in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived Sunday in Havana city shortly after 9 pm to participate this Monday in the XV Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Treaty of Trade of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP).

Cuba maintains its policy of "Zero Tolerance" to trafficking in persons and crimes related to sexual, labor or any other exploitation, by promoting measures of prevention, confrontation and severe punishment of perpetrators, as well as providing protection to victims.

Havana, Cuba, Apr 6 (acn) More than a dozen installations will compete for the National Conservation and Restoration Award to be granted on the 18 th, World Monument and Sites Day, according to the organizing committee.

The 2nd Provincial Conference of Social Sciences and Humanities is scheduled to begin June 20th until the 21st in Matanzas with debates on scientific materials like local development.

The 2nd Encounter on International Humanitarian Law kicked off on Wednesday in Havana with participants discussing the importance in the protection of people before situations of conflict and the respect its norms.