HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 13 (acn) Fang Chun Song, vice-president of the Chinese Group Haier, said this Thursday that he was proud that his group is part of a project as important as the Cuban Energy Revolution.
This company's products were designed to be used exclusively in the Caribbean nation, with technological adaptations made according Cuban consumer habits, said the official whose company is one of the 150 foreign companies attending the Informatica 2009 International
Convention and Trade Fair.
"We have been working here at the Electronic Industrial Enterprise for several years because we are interested into having Cuba as Haier's Latin American headquarters", he stated.
The vice-president said that his company expects that its output can satisfy the domestic demand and in the future could export to other countries.
Haier is currently collaborating with Cuba's Ministry of Informatics and Communications on manufacturing projects for digital televisions, and its immediate goal is to build these factories in Cuba.
Haier is mainly known in Cuba for its TV sets and refrigerators, but at this Fair, ending tomorrow, it has also shown computers and DVD players,
among other appliances.
(Satisfecha empresa china por Revolución Energética en Cuba)
viernes, 13 de febrero de 2009
Guatemalan President Sees Off Students to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 13. Alvaro Colom, President of Guatemala, saw off 80 low-resource youngsters going to Cuba on scholarships to study at the Latin American Medicine School (ELAM), in Havana.
Colom highlighted that Cuba is sharing with Guatemala the results of its sacrifices, of a revolution for the people and with people.
"These comrades can go to ELAM because of a people that fought for their freedom" said the head of state and added his admiration and respect for the Cuban Revolution, for its people and its leaders.
The ceremony took place at the National Culture Palace, and was attended by the chosen youngsters, their relatives and members of the Cuban diplomatic Mission in Guatemala. This scholarship program for Latin American and other countries was started by Cuba 10 years ago.
Celso Cerezo, Guatemala's Health Minister urged the youngsters to come back to work in the always forgotten interior of Guatemala. He also praised the outstanding work performed by the Cuban doctors in that Central American nation.
The 80 youngsters will join 538 Guatemalan students of medicine and 71 studying other specialities in Cuba.
Eliseo Zamora, business attaché at the Cuban Embassy highlighted that Guatemalans have already graduated as doctors and another 38 as sports and physical education majors.
(Presidente guatemalteco despide a 80 jóvenes estudiantes)
Colom highlighted that Cuba is sharing with Guatemala the results of its sacrifices, of a revolution for the people and with people.
"These comrades can go to ELAM because of a people that fought for their freedom" said the head of state and added his admiration and respect for the Cuban Revolution, for its people and its leaders.
The ceremony took place at the National Culture Palace, and was attended by the chosen youngsters, their relatives and members of the Cuban diplomatic Mission in Guatemala. This scholarship program for Latin American and other countries was started by Cuba 10 years ago.
Celso Cerezo, Guatemala's Health Minister urged the youngsters to come back to work in the always forgotten interior of Guatemala. He also praised the outstanding work performed by the Cuban doctors in that Central American nation.
The 80 youngsters will join 538 Guatemalan students of medicine and 71 studying other specialities in Cuba.
Eliseo Zamora, business attaché at the Cuban Embassy highlighted that Guatemalans have already graduated as doctors and another 38 as sports and physical education majors.
(Presidente guatemalteco despide a 80 jóvenes estudiantes)
Cuba Reports Lower Presence of Drugs
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 12 (acn) Cuba had the second lowest level of drug confiscation of the past 14 years as a result of improved comprehensive strategies to prevent and confront the issue in the country.
Granma daily reported on Thursday that a little more than 1,801kg of narcotics, most of that in connection with 260 packages washed ashore, had been seized.
The newspaper adds that coastguard units with the help of the local population had managed to recover 1,746.3 kg, less than the amount found in 2007 (3,074.6 Kg) mostly from 172 packages that hit the Cuban coasts.
The largest amount of narcotics confiscated last year came from a failed drug trafficking operation frustrated by the U.S Coastguard Service thanks to information provided by Cuba, which reported the sighting of the boat carrying the shipment.
Even though drug trafficking operations continue with speedboats and aircrafts in routes close to Cuba, only 44 boats and 4 planes possibly involved in such actions were seen in 2008.
Since 2004, no case of droppings of drug packages in the sea have been reported, neither similar operations.
On the other hand, 13 operations of international drug trafficking were frustrated in Cuban airports by Costumes and the Interior Ministry, while 121 foreign tourists were detected carrying small quantities of drugs for their consumption on their way through the island's air frontier.
Cuba has strengthened its relations with international institutions and other multilateral mechanisms that fight drug trafficking, to which it contributes experiences and leads joint investigations.
(Decrece presencia de drogas en Cuba)
Granma daily reported on Thursday that a little more than 1,801kg of narcotics, most of that in connection with 260 packages washed ashore, had been seized.
The newspaper adds that coastguard units with the help of the local population had managed to recover 1,746.3 kg, less than the amount found in 2007 (3,074.6 Kg) mostly from 172 packages that hit the Cuban coasts.
The largest amount of narcotics confiscated last year came from a failed drug trafficking operation frustrated by the U.S Coastguard Service thanks to information provided by Cuba, which reported the sighting of the boat carrying the shipment.
Even though drug trafficking operations continue with speedboats and aircrafts in routes close to Cuba, only 44 boats and 4 planes possibly involved in such actions were seen in 2008.
Since 2004, no case of droppings of drug packages in the sea have been reported, neither similar operations.
On the other hand, 13 operations of international drug trafficking were frustrated in Cuban airports by Costumes and the Interior Ministry, while 121 foreign tourists were detected carrying small quantities of drugs for their consumption on their way through the island's air frontier.
Cuba has strengthened its relations with international institutions and other multilateral mechanisms that fight drug trafficking, to which it contributes experiences and leads joint investigations.
(Decrece presencia de drogas en Cuba)
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