Enrique Arango Arias, technical assistant director of the National Center for Seismological Research (Cenais), told Granma newspaper that, due to the distance from Cuba of the epicenter of the 5.9 magnitude quake that shook Haiti Saturday night, the eastern Cuban provinces were not affected.
The 2018-2019 harvest will begin next November at the Argeo Martinez sugar mill in the province of Guantanamo, announced on Sunday in Havana Julio Andres Garcia Perez, president of AZCUBA Sugar Group.
Dr. Pierre Somse, Minister of Health and Population of the Central African Republic, praised the prestige of Cuba in this field and the willingness of its doctors to save lives anywhere in the world.
Beekeepers of the Cuban central province of Ciego de Avila exceeded the 105 tons of bee honey planned for the period January-September and intend to make the most of the remaining months of the year.
From its Draft Constitution, Cuba defends the human right to food, an initiative in line with the goal of eradicating hunger by 2030 in the world, said Marcelo Resende, representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Havana.