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The gender perspective as a problem present in the audiovisual and the importance of social transformation from art was one of the topics addressed in the theoretical section of the 17th edition of the Gibara International Film Festival (FICGibara).

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The Commander of the Revolution, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, vice prime minister of the Republic of Cuba, visited this Friday the Heroes del 26 de Julio Mechanical Company (Holmeca), as part of the government visit to this eastern territory.

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The Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (Cirah) in Holguín deserved a new award from the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC). Read more Cuban Academy of Sciences awards study on Ataxias
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

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The progress of the recovery of the productive areas of the municipality of Mayarí and their preparation to continue the sowing of the cold campaign were checked by the highest authorities of the Party and Government of the province of Holguín, on a recent tour of this territory in eastern Holguín.

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