tapia 6Photos: Alexis del Toro

Achieving the necessary productive start in the Holguín municipality of Mayarí based on the strengthening of agriculture and the optimal use of the investments associated with the East-West Transfer  undertaken here continues to be the object of analysis in this territory, to where the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, arrived this Saturday.

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Trafico de Drogas 678x358Cuba dismantled an illegal drug trafficking network aimed at introducing synthetic cannabinoids into the country, and ratified the government's zero tolerance policy against this scourge, Granma newspaper reported on Thursday.

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ramiro valdés termoeléctrica ATH 07Photo: Alexis del Toro

The Commander of the Revolution, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, on Thursday visited the Thermoelectric Plant (CTE) Lidio Ramón Pérez of Felton, Holguín province, with the aim to check its operation, due to its decisive role in stability of the National Electroenergetic System (SEN).

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Felton RamiroV JPC 3Photo: Juan Pablo Carreras

In gaining time, as indicated by the Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, lies the main challenge for those involved in the rehabilitation of block 2 of the Felton thermoelectric plant, damaged last July by a large fire in its boiler.

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fidel castro salute 1Tribute was paid to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz this Monday at the Santa Ifigenia Patrimonial Cemetery, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, on the eighth anniversary of his death.

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