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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned on Wednesday that Cuba is not responsible for the current situation regarding Brazil's More Doctors Program and the end of Cuban doctors' participation in that initiative. Read more Cuba did not Create Current Situation with More Doctors, FM Warns

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The Holguín Symphony Orchestra will offer a great concert on Saturday, July 13 in the Raúl Camayd hall of the Eddy Suñol Theater of this city, under the baton of Mexican conductor Jorge Vázquez and the New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall, as special guests.

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The Holguín writers Lourdes González and Luis Yuseff are among the Cuban delegates to the 27th Edition of the Beijing International Book Fair, held from September 26 to 30. Read more Holguín writers at Beijing International Book Fair

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The Popular Festivities 2025 in Holguín will take place from August 14th to 17th in four main areas: the Mayor General Calixto García Stadium, Los Álamos Avenue, Camilo Cienfuegos Plaza, and the Pedro Díaz Coello community.

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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