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Contramaestre is the most tobacco-growing municipality in the province of Santiago de Cuba. Its participation in the current planting campaign of the leaf is decisive to fulfill the plans of …
The 2022-2023 tobacco planting campaign began in Contramaestre Read More
Intercropping characterizes agricultural activity in the productive center of Laguna Blanca, in the Santiago municipality of Contramaestre, where there is a constant struggle against weeds basically through animal traction. Producers …
Intercropping and animal traction in Laguna Blanca’s agricultural activities Read More
The authorities at the provincial level in Santiago de Cuba, as indicated by the highest leadership of the Revolution, are leading the systematic checking of agriculture with emphasis on the …
Contramaestre for agriculture improvement Read More
The province of Santiago de Cuba has started the 2022-2023 tobacco planting campaign. A new strategy that includes reducing areas and raising yields will characterize the current stage in which, …
Outstanding producers lead tobacco planting in Santiago de Cuba Read More
One of the objectives of the current process of evaluation of the internal functioning of the Credit and Service Cooperative Miguel Betancourt, as well as the role it plays in …
Cooperative in Contramaestre for higher food yields Read More
Sugar cane worker, you wake up at dawn in the furrow, feeling the dew that baptizes you as a machetero (a sugar cane cutter). Your years of youth are not …
Sugar cane workers hardened in the fields Read More
Contramaestre is the westernmost municipality of the province of Santiago de Cuba. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Maestra mountain range and in the southern center of …
Get to know the municipality of Contramaestre, Cuba Read More
The western region of Cuba today faces a complex panorama, after the passage of Hurricane Ian, which hit the national economy with force. This urgent circumstance mobilizes the recovery, mainly …
Unity will help to overcome adversities Read More
In the municipality of Contramaestre, six months after its opening, the medium-sized company “La Esperanza” is beginning to emerge as a promising self-financed non-state entity, with a project aimed at …
La Esperanza, Contramaestre’s promising medium-sized non-state-owned company Read More
The Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa (UBPC) La Güira in the district of La Torcaza in the municipality of Contramaestre is an example of how unity in work and the …
Unity and creativity for cattle farming in Contramaestre Read More