Blog Archives February 2022

International project expands to Cuban southern coast

COASTAL RESILIENCE PROJECT

With actions aimed at improving water quality, health and welfare of communities, the global initiative My Coast extends the scope of the international Coastal Resilience project, which is being implemented on the northern coast as part of the fight against climate change, to two sections of riverbanks in southern Cuba.»

Cuban authorities ratify zero-tolerance against drug trafficking

Cuba maintains zero tolerance on drug trafficking

The Cuban state's fight against international drug trafficking led to the seizure of 4,162.23 kilograms of narcotics in 2021, said Colonel Héctor González Hernández, deputy chief of the Anti-Drug Confrontation Division of the Technical Directorate of Investigations (DTI).»

Russian Premier to Visit Cuba

Russia Prime Minister Yuri Borisov

Russia Prime Minister Yuri Borisov will visit Cuba on Friday, February 18 to talk the continuation of intergovernmental exchange on trade and economic cooperation.»

German film reveals injustice at Guantanamo naval base

Through the lens of German filmmaker Andreas Dresen, the Berlin International Film Festival, known as Berlinale, screened Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush, a docu-drama about about the experiences of prisoner Murat Kurnaz, imprisoned at the US base from 2002 to 2006, as one of the injustices committed at the Guantanamo naval base, a Cuban territory illegally occupied by the United States.»

The maritime transport crisis and its impact on the Cuban economy

The maritime transport crisis and its impact on the Cuban economy

Soon after the world was forced into confinement by the spread of COVID-19 in 2020, the effects became noticeable in international trade as border closure restrictions affected maritime transport, which moves about 80% of the goods consumed on the planet, according to estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.»

A Family Code that brings light, hope and recognition

The Family Code: A project of love and justice in Cuba

In order to properly understand the new Family Code, Reina Arias, a resident of the province of Sancti Spiritus, hardly puts down the document whenever her work allows some reading time. She has had to check terms, ask questions and compare ideas at home, but today she refers to it as an all-encompassing text of vital importance in today’s Cuba»