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FAO''s Sub regional Coordinator for Mesoamerica, Tito Diaz, is participating in a workshop here today about the improvement of livestock resources, attended by representatives of 12 countries, among them Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba , Spain and Mexico.
This meeting is being held parallel to the 5th International Congress of Animal Improvement, opened yesterday in the presence of 210 specialists -including 60 expects of more than 20 nations-, according to a note of the Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Cuba.
The United Nations Children''s Fund (UNICEF) and the Cuban government will continue their efforts to encourage the exclusive use of breastfeeding, its head in Havana, Anna Lucia D''Emilio, said today.
D'Emilio said the country has the conditions to ensure that nutrition to newborn babies, due to the legal guarantees for the mothers and the implementation of non-commercial medical policies.
The current trends and challenges for the progress of information and communications technology (ICT) in Latin America are under discussion today during the second day of the 16th International Convention and Fair, Informatics 2016.
Chilean Pablo Bello, executive director of the Inter-American Association of Telecommunications Companies (ASIET), will give a keynote speech about the issue.
The US organization Engage Cuba welcomed today the decision of President Barack Obama to remove some restrictions that modify sanctions against Cuba, while maintaining the main body of the economic, commercial and financial blockade.
According to a statement, the organization addressed the actions of the US departments of Treasury and Commerce to modify the Cuban Assets Control Regulations and export laws, which will expand significantly the access to the island through educational trips and safer trade policies.
A discussion on the process of computerization in Cuba will be the center of interest at the International Convention and Fair - Informatica 2016, which begins in Havana today.
According to the website, the event, which will be attended by 300 experts from more that 30 countries, as well as Cuban officials, will include a keynote speech given by the Deputy Minister of Communications, Jose L. Perdomo, entitled 'Connecting societies'.
An exhibition of contemporary Cuban art, which brings together the work of 16 artists, was inaugurated today at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris.
The exhibition, entitled Signs of Cuba: Women's Proposals expects to preserve the diverse and multiple, the convergence of various artistic languages, the uniqueness of contemporary Cuban art from various formal and conceptual approaches, expressed Lisandra Isabel García, curator of the exhibition.
Cuba y la Unión Europea (UE) inicialaron hoy el Acuerdo de Diálogo Político y Cooperación que proyecta la consolidación de las relaciones bilaterales a mediano y largo plazos, sobre bases de respeto, reciprocidad y beneficio mutuo.
Con ese acto, celebrado en la sede de la cancillería cubana, las partes dieron fe de la conclusión de las negociaciones que sostienen desde abril de 2014, e iniciaron un proceso de consultas con vistas a la aprobación final del documento.
Today marks the second day of an international workshop on clinical accreditation by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry being held in Havana
In an interview with Prensa Latina, Dr. Enrique Abraham Marcel, who presided over the organizing of the event, said that this meeting was particularly special due to the presence, for the first time, of the American guests.
Yesterday, Cuban experts debated the uses and limitations of tumor markers and making clinical diagnosises with auto-antibodies.
The uses and limitations of tumor markers, and the clinical diagnosis with autoantibodies, are some of the issues Cuban experts will analyze here today during an international symposium.
The involvement of foreign scholars will enrich the debate and exchange on the process quality of clinical laboratories during this event.
About 250 national specialists and nearly 150 professionals and guests from Peru, Mexico, Germany, Chile, Spain, Argentina, France and the United States, are accredited to the symposium.
A prayer celebrated by the Anglican Church of Namibia requested that the US government end the blockade against Cuba.
This day was part of the Women's World Day of Prayer in all Anglican churches in the country, with messages in English, Afrikaans and the native language, oshivambo.
The event took place in the Cathedral of Windhoek, with the altar being decorated with Cuban fruits and the colors of the Cuban flag, also sported by the attendees on their clothes.
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