The National Hydraulic Resources Institute of Cuba (INRH) established in 2012 the consumption of nine billion cubic meters of water, nearly half of them in agricultural plantations, official sources said on Thursday.»

The anti-Cuba stance taken in recent days by Republican pre-candidates for the U.S. Presidency is in tune with Washington’s traditional hostility against the island nation, an experts in the bilateral dispute stated on Thursday.»

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) will begin, on February 1, the period of Defense Preparedness corresponding to 2012 and its most important event will be the Bastion 2012 Strategic Military Exercise.»

Venezuela is an outstanding example of the theoretical and practical role that revolutionary military people can play in fighting for the independence of our peoples, underlined the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.»

With barely three percent of schools with internet access, Cuba is working today on a portable version of the website www.cubaeduca.cu that has contents and suggestions for different school levels.»

The 6th Congress on Sex Education, Orientation and Therapy will close in Havana on Thursday with debates focusing on diversity, social policies and sexuality in a changing world.»

The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, described as a competition full of nonsense and ignorance the selection of the Republican presidential candidate for the November elections in the United States.»

Intimacy and couple sexuality, HIV/AIDS prevention, dysfunctions, and violence against women are some of the issues to be debated on Tuesday during the second day of the 6th Cuban Congress on Sex Education, Orientation and Therapy.»

On the eve of its 500th foundation anniversary, the Cuban village of Trinidad gets the benefits of a huge restoration program sponsored by the ministries of culture and tourism, and the local Curator’s Office.»

The execution of new properties, both by the state and by “own or individual effort”, as well as the improvement of the housing stock in the territory, are the main objectives of Sancti Spiritus Housing System in 2012, with figures quite similar to those of the previous year.»