Yaguajay, a northern municipality in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus, pays tribute to the Cuban diplomat Crescencio Nicomedes Galañena Hernandez, murdered in Argentina in August 1976, victim of the Operation Condor, which involved the country’s military dictatorship that killed thousands of people.»
Nearly 3 000 bags of cement are transferred every day from the Siguaney cement factory in Sancti Spiritus, to the eastern Cuban provinces which were hit by hurricane Sandy.»
More than 40,000 voters in Sancti Spiritus province, in central Cuba, will return to the polls on Sunday in a runoff to elect delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power.»
El Mirador is a sort of you-must-see spot in southern Cuba to recognize the landscape values of the place. From la Loma del Puerto, the Valley of the Sugar Mills wears its Cultural Heritage of Humanity lineage, given by UNESCO in 1988.»
In Sancti Spiritus, Raul met with José R. Monteagudo and Teresita Romero, president and vice president, respectively, of the Provincial Defense Council.»
Despite no incident was reported here while Sandy hit the Cuban eastern provinces, heavy rains have been falling in Sancti Spiritus since early this Friday morning. That’s why, huge amounts of water dripped into the rivers.»
Electrical workers from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus left this Thursday afternoon for Santiago de Cuba, in order to work on the recovery of the electric service in this territory, one of the most damaged by hurricane Sandy.»
Electricity and communications workers and search and rescue brigades are preparing for recovery tasks in the affected areas in eastern Cuba.»
The Provincial Defense Council was activated in Sancti Spiritus, after the announcement of the information phase for this central Cuban territory due to hurricane Sandy.»
Opinion polls taken by the Ges-Hotel company ranked Iberostar Grand Hotel Trinidad as Cuba’s best Iberostar hotel.»
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