News from Contramaestre, Cuba and the World
Seeds of all species have been widely recognized as the key and fundamental input to increase agricultural productivity and thus achieve food security for a growing world population. In Cuba, …
Seeds, an essential key to the quality of food production Read More
Abundant rainfall has fallen during the month of June in the municipality of Contramaestre in Santiago, which has influenced the favorable behavior of the sowing corresponding to the current spring …
Spring campaign in Contramaestre goes favorably Read More
The science and technology event of the peasant cooperative sector was held in the southeastern municipality of Contramaestre. Organized by the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) of the territory, …
Agroecology Forum held in Contramaestre Read More
On December 7, 1987, the United Nations General Assembly decided to establish June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This decision was approved due to …
For a life without drugs Read More
The workers’ movement of the southeastern municipality of Contramaestre awarded the 22nd Congress of the Cuban Workers’ Central Union (CTC) to the UEB Food Industry, the first labor center to …
Contramaestre Food Industry wins 22nd Union Congress award Read More
About 120 tons of mango are expected to be harvested by the Miguel Betancourt Credit and Service Cooperative (CCS) in the municipality of Contramaestre this year. This is a productive …
Contracting and efficiency, key to securing the current mango crop Read More
Cuban tobacco is considered the best in the world, a quality that was achieved since the first decades of the 19th century. The high quality of the leaf allows it …
May 29 Tobacco Worker’s Day Read More
In honor to May 17, Day of the Peasant, the Guajirito Soy Festival was held in various educational institutions located in the rural demarcation of Pueblo Nuevo in the municipality …
The Guajirito Soy Festival in the footsteps of the peasant’s identity Read More
On May 17, 1946 in the realengo ¨ El Vínculo ¨ located in the eastern province of Guantánamo, took place one of the events that marked the history of Cuban …
Niceto Pérez García, 78 years after his assassination Read More
The National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) is 63 years old. This organization was founded in 1961 and its objective is to represent the interests of farmers, agricultural cooperative members …
Farmers’ national association, 63 years at the side of the Cuban peasantry Read More