More than six decades have passed and the panorama of the Cuban countryside is very different from the one left by capitalism in 1959, when 200,000 farming families did not have a stick of land to sow, and half of the best lands were in the hands of foreign companies, while nearly 300,000 hectares remained uncultivated.
With the presence of His Excellency Mr. John Geoffrey Gartshore, Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, the XI International Scientific Conference of the University of Holguín began this Wednesday, a keynote event for the academic community of this institution with more than half a century of experience in the training of professionals and the research.
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With the premise that rural women are the heart of agriculture, the driving force of traditions, and the pillar of families, Holguín held the provincial event for World Rural Women's and Food´s Day.
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Tropical storm Helene, which became a Category One hurricane on Wednesday morning, brought strong winds and heavy rain as it passed near Cuba, a situation that persists in the west and center of the island.
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