9670 Cuba ninos covid19 GranmaDuring the meeting of the Temporary Working Group for the prevention and control of the COVID epidemic, headed by the Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba José Ramón Machado Ventura and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, the Cuban deputy prime minister stressed that last week Cuba, recorded the third 7-day period of dismal results regarding positive COVID-19 cases, since the pandemic was declared nearly one year ago.

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Wrapped in a halo of lights, sounds and colors, Pablo Milanés sang verses of the past, present and future to form the spell that mesmerized thousands of spectators, a few hours ago, in this capital.

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0 01 l primero mayo hab 0The International Workers' Day parade took place at Havana’s Revolution Square, attended by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution, and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic.

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cuentapropistas hgSome 605,000 people were self employed in Cuba in late May 2019, the Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Margarita Gonzalez, told MPs on Tuesday.
 
Speaking in the debate on the behavior of this non-state form of employment (private entrepreneurship), which has grown after the process of economic updating, Gonzalez said that women make up 35 percent of them and young people, 32 percent.
 
Havana (capital), Matanzas, Villa Clara, Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba have the highest number of people working in this modality with 65 percentage points.
 
In the analysis of the Economic Commission of the Cuban parliament, the MP referred that food production and sale, passenger transport and cargo and housing, room or space renters remain the most representative activities.
 
MTSS data reflect some 128 activities licensed for self-employment in Cuba.
 
Since this Monday, the 10 permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power, assembled in the Havana Convention Center, are analyzing essential issues for the progress in Cuba. /PL