The Ceballos citrus industry started operating a new production line for pineapple juice as part of a program to diversify its output.
This work was completed with the setting up of a press that fell into disuse in the Isla de la Juventud municipality. The factory engineers made some improvements to the press, thus enabling them to produce plain and concentrated juices.
Domingo Escalante Pérez, assistant director of Ciego de Avila Citrus Industrial Enterprise said that over 180 tons of pineapple harvested in the Villa Clara and Matanzas provinces have already been processed.
Escalante pointed out that this equipment enables them to squeeze approximately 8 tons per hour and make full use of the fruit, while the waste is used to feed cattle, especially dairy cows.
This idea came into practice due to the growth of crop areas developed in the Ciego de Avila province, which was 268 hectares in 2008 and will be greater this year.
The first crops sown last year should start producing during the present year’s second semester.
The Ceballos industry is ready to process other fruits such as oranges, grapefruit, lemons, tangerines, guava, mangoes and papaya amongst others.
martes, 19 de mayo de 2009
Tanzanian Newspaper Asks Obama to Free the Cuban Five
HAVANA, Cuba.The Tanzanian English newspaper, The African, published an article on the case of the five Cubans unfairly imprisoned in the US.
The author of the article, Philbert Kawezi, gives an overview of the tangled judicial process against the Five in Miami and argues that every just person should demand a new trial outside of Florida and call for the immediate and unconditional releases of these five men.
The article asks US President Barak Obama to grant a fair trial for the Cuban Five and makes a call to the international community to support the cause.
Internationally known as the Cuban Five or the Miami Five, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Rene Gonzalez have been imprisoned for more than 10 years now after they warned their country about terrorist actions being organized and carried out by anti-Cuban groups in Florida.
Kawezi says the Five, like so many other Cuban soldiers, doctors, teachers, builders and consultants who have helped Africa, are a part of Africa: "We can not ignore the call of our liberators."
(Piden en Tanzania a Barack Obama que libere a los Cinco)
The author of the article, Philbert Kawezi, gives an overview of the tangled judicial process against the Five in Miami and argues that every just person should demand a new trial outside of Florida and call for the immediate and unconditional releases of these five men.
The article asks US President Barak Obama to grant a fair trial for the Cuban Five and makes a call to the international community to support the cause.
Internationally known as the Cuban Five or the Miami Five, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Rene Gonzalez have been imprisoned for more than 10 years now after they warned their country about terrorist actions being organized and carried out by anti-Cuban groups in Florida.
Kawezi says the Five, like so many other Cuban soldiers, doctors, teachers, builders and consultants who have helped Africa, are a part of Africa: "We can not ignore the call of our liberators."
(Piden en Tanzania a Barack Obama que libere a los Cinco)
Cuba-Guinea Bissau Joint Commission Meeting Concludes in Bissau
HAVANA, Cuba. Guinea Bissau Foreign Minister Maria Adiatu Nandigna spoke at the closing of the 14th Cuba-Guinea Bissau Joint Commission meeting that took place at the Foreign Ministry in the African nation.
Maria Adiatu Nandigna highlighted the achievements of the previous commission and reaffirmed the political will of both countries to extend cooperation to other spheres.
During her speech before members of the government and representatives from the press, the minister was categorical in reaffirming her country's condemnation to the US blockade against Cuba and its demand for the immediate release of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly incarcerated in US jails.
Maria Adiatu Nandigna repeated her government's unconditional support of Cuba and promised to continue seeking bilateral, trilateral and multilateral formulas that allow for the fulfilment of commitments agreed on during this meeting.
She sent greetings to Cuban president Raúl Castro and wished long life to revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Cuban Vice Minister Ramón Ripoll said that despite its financial limitations Cuba continues to be ready to support Guinea Bissau in its development program.
Ripoll thanked the government of Guinea Bissau for its political stance, in support of Cuba in its struggle against the US blockade and in favor of the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in US jails since 1998.
Also attending the meeting were Cuban Ambassador Pedro Doña and Guinea Bissau Ambassador Abel Coehlo.
(Concluye Comisión Mixta Cuba-Guinea Bissau)
Maria Adiatu Nandigna highlighted the achievements of the previous commission and reaffirmed the political will of both countries to extend cooperation to other spheres.
During her speech before members of the government and representatives from the press, the minister was categorical in reaffirming her country's condemnation to the US blockade against Cuba and its demand for the immediate release of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly incarcerated in US jails.
Maria Adiatu Nandigna repeated her government's unconditional support of Cuba and promised to continue seeking bilateral, trilateral and multilateral formulas that allow for the fulfilment of commitments agreed on during this meeting.
She sent greetings to Cuban president Raúl Castro and wished long life to revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
Cuban Vice Minister Ramón Ripoll said that despite its financial limitations Cuba continues to be ready to support Guinea Bissau in its development program.
Ripoll thanked the government of Guinea Bissau for its political stance, in support of Cuba in its struggle against the US blockade and in favor of the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in US jails since 1998.
Also attending the meeting were Cuban Ambassador Pedro Doña and Guinea Bissau Ambassador Abel Coehlo.
(Concluye Comisión Mixta Cuba-Guinea Bissau)
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